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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.

CHRIS Taylor, manager of the £6.8m Neptune Japan Opportunities fund, believes his lack of exposure to outperforming ‘mega caps' will pay off before the end of the year.

FUND managers have rated Brazil as an attractive place to invest because of its solid fundamentals and positive prospects.