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Henderson's Charlie Awdry expects China will raise interest rates three more times this year to quell soaring inflation.

Bond fund managers have warned they are concerned about the quality and risks of some debt coming to market after a record 12 high-yield bonds were issued last week.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is mulling the launch of a balanced managed fund later this year to fill a gap in its product range.

Standard Life Investments' Jacqueline Kerr has stepped down from the management of the group's £517m Global Advantage fund, handing it to the group's multi-asset team, led by Euan Munro.

AXA Framlington is to hand Deane Donnigan's Biotech fund to Gemma Game following her shock departure.

David Jane is preparing to roll out the first offering from his new boutique, Darwin Investment Managers, and is making plans for a second absolute-return focused product later this year.

Henderson's Bill McQuaker says the recent move by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to prevent the yen soaring against the dollar could feed through to equity markets if it is the start of a new trend.

Former Lehman Brothers subsidiary Neuberger Berman has launched the largest investment trust of the year so far.

Greece is to privatise €50bn of state assets in an effort to fund its latest austerity plan.

A multi-year period of strong flows into global equities is just beginning, driven by robust fundamentals and earnings, says Sarasin CIO and managing partner Guy Monson.