Fixed Income

Investment into cash and money market funds more than doubled in the third quarter amid stock market volatility, according to the latest sales trends on Skandia.

Nationals round-up: More coverage of trail commission, a negative analysis of the flailing absolute returns market and new criticism of whole of life policies.

Jupiter's Merlin multi-manager team has said yields on 10-year UK and US government debt could fall well below existing record lows if markets continue to price in a Japan-style economic outlook.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched an emerging markets multi-asset fund, managed by Nadia Grant, that will harness both its equity and fixed income expertise.

Fitch Ratings has joined with Lipper to launch a fund rating service which combines Fitch's qualitative fund analysis with Lipper's rankings and performance data.

On the third anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and subsequent credit crisis, Investment Week looks at the best and worst performing funds and sectors over the last three years.

The eurozone will dominate the week ahead, and a rating cut from the European Central Bank is on the cards, says Barclays Wealth equity strategist Henk Potts.

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned the Eurozone's debt problems are potentially worse than Lehman Brothers' collapse due to a lack of leadership on the Continent.

Net retail fund sales for July fell to their lowest level since October 2008 while equity funds saw net outflows for the first time in over two years.

Barclays Wealth has linked with Intrinsic Financial Services to become the firm's preferred supplier of structured investments.