Cazenove

Investors ask whether falling Chinese housing starts could trigger end of commodity super-cycle.

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Chris Rice, manager of the £823m Cazenove European fund, is adding risk to his portfolios due to bombed out valuations and the European Central Bank's implementation of "one of the biggest bailouts in history".

Cazenove Capital has confirmed it is launching its European Income fund, run by star manager Chris Rice, in May this year.

Investment trust analysts have warned arbitrage activity will be rife in 2012 and could lead to a number of wind-ups in the sector this year.

PERFORMANCE

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a former compliance officer at David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital and a trader at JP Morgan Cazenove for insider trading and market abuse.

Fidelity European fund manager Sam Morse has clashed with peer Chris Rice at Cazenove over the outlook for key European stock Nestlé.

Former BlackRock analyst Burstow to run new Global Mining offering for Barings, with mandate to invest in mining equities across cap scale.

Cazenove Capital Management has made unbundled share classes available to intermediaries across its equity and multi-manager fund ranges ahead of the RDR deadline at the end of the year.