Architas chief investment officer Caspar Rock believes convertible bonds are an overlooked way of reducing volatility in an equity portfolio.
Cazenove Capital's European manager Chris Rice has left the firm, ahead of Schroders' takeover of the group next month.
Barclays' wealth division has closed its discretionary fund management service to advised clients with less than £250,000 of investable assets.
Investors should be thinking about cutting their exposure to Asia and emerging markets and looking more to the developed world, according to F&C co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter.
The key risk to investors right now is to follow the "doomsayers" who are preaching that it is time to get out of the equity market, according to Investec multi-asset portfolio manager and strategist Max King.