Ireland's economy saw a return to growth in Q3, with GDP up 0.5% on the previous quarter.

AXA's Richard Peirson is stepping down as lead manager of the AXA Framlington Financial fund at the start of February.

Templeton's Mark Mobius believes this year will see record inflows into emerging market funds.

Consumer price inflation reached a six-month high of 3.3% in November, figures released today by the Office for National Statistics show.

J.P. Morgan is considering the launch of a global mining fund for resources manager Ian Henderson in the first quarter of next year.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) is looking to launch a Sterling Bond fund into the UK retail market in January.

Franklin Templeton has launched a total return bond fund into its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav.

Cazenove's Diversity Income fund is set to launch on 15 December with a majority equity weighting, headlined by Neil Woodford's £7.9bn Invesco Perpetual Income fund.

Outsourcing asset management group SEI has added absolute return capabilities to its seven-strong strategic portfolio suite.

Franklin Templeton plans to move Mark Mobius' £847m China fund into the newly-created IMA China/Greater China sector next year.