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New multi-manager boutique Apollo Multi Asset Management is to distribute its Balanced and Cautious funds outside the UK through Guernsey protected cell companies (PCCs).

Isle of Man Treasury Minister Allan Bell has welcomed the Isle of Man High Court's decision to allow more time for the development of a solution for the depositors of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man (KSF IoM).

Growth in Africa should not be hampered by a slowdown in the Chinese economy, despite much of sub-Saharan Africa's new infrastructure spending coming from the Asian giant, according to New Star Heart of Africa fund manager Jamie Allsopp.

Action to suspend trading on stock exchanges in times of volatility may not be a bad thing, according to Dean Newman, head of emerging market equities at Invesco Perpetual.

Yields on some UK and European stocks are currently at levels where it would look attractive to start putting money back into the markets, according to Allianz RCM's chief investment officer Europe, Neil Dwane.

Franklin Templeton Investments' Luxembourg-registered Templeton Global Bond fund has been added to Cofunds' offshore fund platform.

A single global Shari'ah board is needed if Shari'ah-compliant investing is to be standardised across jurisdictions, according to Saqib Masood, head of Islamic product development at HSBC Saudi Arabia.

Invista European Real Estate Trust Sicaf will suspend dividend payments to conserve cash with a view to de-gearing the company.

Jersey's finance industry is holding up, with the launch of funds and expert funds continuing to rise in the third quarter in spite of difficult market conditions.

A series of deadly attacks in India's commercial capital Mumbai forced a closure of the country's stock and commodity exchanges and drove up its risk premium in international credit markets, The Telegraph reports.