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LIONTRUST has launched two new European offerings managed by Gary West and James Inglis-Jones.

FIRST State this week launched its long-awaited Indian Subcontinent fund to be managed by Vijay Tohani, revealing it would only be open to investors during a set offer period.

INVESTEC will be bringing the management of its European fund and GSF Continental European fund in-house.

AXA Framlington has posted record sales figures - exactly one year after it was acquired by French financial giant AXA.

FRIENDS Provident International (FPI) has extended its range of funds to 119 after making eight new offerings available.

HENDERSON Global Investors' Far East Income trust manager Michael Watt is retiring in February 2007.

THE manager of the SVM Global fund has said the current climate has made it hard for investors to outperform.

IIMIA'S Nick Greenwood has increased his funds' Japan weighting after a fact-finding trip to the region revealed a thriving market with massive spending.

JAPAN experts have said the country's economy is merely pausing for breath after every fund in the IMA Japan sector lost value since the start of the year.

PHILIP Ehrmann is limiting exposure to Australia in his newly acquired Jupiter Asian fund amid concerns the country is not growing at the same rate as Asia.