Research from structured product provider Gilliat Financial Solutions has found the FTSE 100 index has never breached the 50% capital protection barrier over any five-year term.

Gartmore has appointed Threadneedle fund manager Jan de Bruijn as head of Asian equities.

Aberdeen Asset Management is soft closing its £952m Emerging Markets fund to both retail and institutional investors.

Gartmore has appointed Brian Mitchell as head of dealing, reporting to CIO Dominic Rossi.

Cautious managed funds closed the gap on the top selling UK Corporate Bond sector on Fidelity FundsNetwork last month, seeing 11% of total inflows on the platform.

The next leg of the bull market in global equities will be driven by earnings, says BlackRock's Richard Turnill.

Henderson's head of UK wholesale, Laurie Jaques, has left the firm to pursue opportunities elsewhere.

Jubilee Financial Products (JFP) has expressed an interest in acquiring parts of structured product provider, NDFA, which went into administration yesterday.

HSBC Ucits AdvantEdge fund of hedge funds is due to launch at the end of November and will be available for investment from both retail and institutional investors.

The administrators of structured product providers NDFA and DRL say their priority is to confirm investor funds have been segregated from the firms' business accounts.