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Average cost 0.85%, finds FundCalibre

Foreigner investors have been selling UK gilts at a faster rate than at the peak of the financial crisis in 2009, ahead of the general election.

Former Legal & General (L&G) head of high alpha fixed income Dickie Hodges is to join Nomura Asset Management as he returns to the industry.

Canada Life Investments has hired Nigel Kennett from Nomura International as senior fund manager on the UK equities desk.

The UK could leave the European Union by this autumn should the eurozone debt crisis intensify further, it has been suggested in a study by Japanese bank Nomura.

Chinese stocks may be poised for a rebound over the next one to two months as the economic recovery picks up in the third quarter, according to analysts.

Source has launched an ETF providing exposure to volatility spikes, in partnership with investment bank Nomura.

Legal & General is the best placed firm within the life market to benefit from the RDR and an increasing focus on asset management, according to analyst Nomura.

Michael John Lytle, managing director and founding partner at Source, talks to Emma Cusworth about the importance of increasing liquidity in the European ETF market

Although the European ETF market has always played asset catch-up with its older US counterpart, it is set to experience a growth spurt on the back of regulatory developments. Helen Fowler reports