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Confidence in UK shares is returning as IFAs pick the domestic market as the best home for clients' cash over the next quarter, shunning overseas markets.

For several weeks now we have been trying to get straight answers to simple questions regarding the security of clients' assets.

Schroders has realigned the strategy of its Diversified Target Return fund to drive performance in turbulent market conditions.

The damage done to investor confidence is so immense that no single action can turn them round and even if banking collapses are averted then we are still staring global recession in the face.

Bond investors in Lehman Brothers face an anxious few days wait to determine the losses incurred following the bank's weekend bankruptcy.

Baillie Gifford has expanded its fixed income capabilities, poaching bond experts from SWIP and Aegon.

Fidelity Multi-Asset Strategic fund manager Trevor Greetham has slashed exposure to commodities on expectations of a revival for government bonds and cash.

Star bond manager Bill Gross has netted $1.7bn (£968m) in profit after betting against ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, The Telegraph reports.

PSigma Investment Management is to launch its first retail-focused multi-manager fund this month with an emphasis on opportunities in the bond markets.

Advisers are increasingly telling clients to invest in cash and bonds as stock market volatility continues, according to Virgin Money.