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TwentyFour Asset Management is set to launch a Senior Secured Bond fund for Rob Ford later this month, investing in high quality floating rate securities.

Sheldon MacDonald, senior investment manager at Architas, favours real estate investment trusts (REITs) for property exposure and has named the four trusts he is backing in his portfolios.

Polar Capital is planning to launch a UCITS global convertibles fund with a long bias run by its experienced global convertibles team.

Franklin Templeton has hired former Insight and Armstrong manager Toby Hayes to manage a new multi-asset range, Investment Week can reveal.

European Union lawmakers have narrowly rejected a proposal to cap fund mangers' bonuses, a decision which if approved would have blocked payouts from exceeding annual salaries.

UK equity income funds are nearing single stock limits on key holdings, causing concentration risk fears to mount, but which funds are taking the biggest bets?

Aubrey Capital Partners is set to launch a high conviction EU equity fund with "quiet confidence" 2013 will be a strong year for the region's markets.

US-based Thornburg Investment Management has launched an unconstrained global equity fund, as the group moves to build its presence in the UK.

Insight Investment has launched a UCITS version of its Short-Dated High Yield Bond fund, managed by Ulrich Gerhard.