Cazenove

Fund managers believe Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland are the UK banks most likely to suffer if the latest US plans to curb risk taking in the sector are effected.

Prominent bond fund managers paint a gloomy picture of Western government bonds.

Assets at Cazenove Capital Management rose by 27% last year, aided by large inflows to its Absolute UK Dynamic fund in September.

It is that time of year when we all seemed to spend a lot of time predicting - or more likely - guessing what are going to be the top-performing asset classes during the year next 10 years.

Cazenove Capital has hired Louis Greening from Skandia as a UK advisory sales consultant.

Artemis Strategic Assets, Cazenove Absolute UK Dynamic and Jupiter Absolute Return made the top ten bestseller list through Hargreaves Lansdown's direct to consumer Vantage platform for the whole of 2009.

Cazenove Capital Management has appointed Simon Cooper to help build the SIPP part of its wealth management division.

Cazenove Capital has acquired independent fund manager Thornhill for an undisclosed sum.

Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible "global economic collapse" over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction.

Neptune has appointed former chief executive of Cazenove and JPMorgan Cazenove Robert Pickering as a non-executive director.