HSBC's Nick Timberlake and Omar Negyal have opened up a net short position in India within the new GIF Global Emerging Markets Equity Alpha fund.

J O Hambro Capital Management's Clive Beagles has increased his exposure to domestic life insurers, which he believes have been 
ignored by the market since Prudential announced its doomed AIA deal.

BP is considering plans to defer payment of its next dividend to shareholders by placing the money in an escrow account until the full scale of the company's liabilities from the Gulf of Mexico disaster can be determined, sources claim.

LV= Asset Management (LVAM) is to launch a new portfolio within its multi-manager range.

The possibility of China stepping up its policy tightening programme has increased after the country reported a 48.5% rise in exports and close to record growth in property prices.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) launches its Strategic Bond fund on Monday, managed by Roger Webb and Luke Hickmore.

Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust will join the FTSE 250 index on 18 June.

Matrix has launched an absolute return bond fund to be managed by Lazard Asset Management.

Aegon's Stephen Adams says he is comfortable retaining his position in BP and claims many managers are guilty of "serious capitulation".

Alliance Trust's Matthew Strachan says the improving availability of credit in Canada makes the country a far more compelling investment case than the US.