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Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has warned the need for German-led fiscal integration in the eurozone would make it increasingly difficult for all countries to stay in the single currency.

First State Investments' Jonathan Asante bought into Anglo American for the first time in three years ahead of its purchase of 40% of diamond producer De Beers last week.

Mansfield Mok, co-manager of the £812m GAM Star China Equity fund, has begun reversing his stance from defensive to growth as share prices discount a bleak outlook.

IMA figures show net inflows drop to levels last seen at height of crisis, with just five trusts launched this year compared to 15 in 2010.

Investors could be faced with a plethora of fund charging models post-RDR as well as higher overall costs and ‘premium' prices for a top tier of better performing funds or specialist mandates.

Industry leaders have warned the upcoming FATCA regulations from the US are "as big as RDR" and could cost the UK hundreds of millions of pounds.

The Greek debt crisis dominated our best-read chart this week as managers offered criticism and solutions.

Fidelity has expanded its Fidelity Active Strategy range for discretionaries with the launch of an Emerging Markets fund managed by Nick Price.

Defaqto research has revealed a list of the top funds across the IMA sectors for income, which includes offerings from major players as well as from smaller groups.

US non-farm payrolls for October have come in below expectations, but revisions to previous figures have helped reassure markets as investors wait for further developments on Europe.