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UK index-linked bonds have rebounded from the worst quarterly drop for almost two years as inflation fears grow following last month's better-than-expected Q3 GDP figures.

Some of the largest real estate managers are backing the launch of the UK's first property derivatives fund.

Swip has handed a £267m UK equity mandate to LGIM's head of active equities Robert Churchlow.

Colin Beveridge, investment director in the international equities team at Swip, is the second person to leave the Global Growth fund without a manager in a year.

Swip Multi-Manager has hired FOUR Capital Partners to manage a mandate for its UK Equity Focus fund with an initial size of £256m.

Martin Currie's emerging markets manager Dariusz Sliwinski is leaving the firm after a 13-year tenure.

The first half of 2010 saw a deluge of multi-asset fund launches.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) has promoted joint chief investment officer Andrew November to the role of director of equities.

Aviva's Jeremy Charles has joined Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) as an investment director on the UK equities team.

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