Henderson Global Investors has made a trio of acquisitions in Australia which will add £5.7bn to its assets under management across fixed income, equities and commodities.
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) is to create an investment solutions team headed up by Stewart Cazier, who will move across from Old Mutual Wealth along with his team next month.
Henderson Global Investors' chief executive Andrew Formica has warned the UK's credit rating could be put at risk by a Labour triumph at next month's general election.
Henderson's John Pattullo believes that more countries will cut their base rate of interest below zero as currency wars intensify.
James Henderson has added a small stake in Tesco to his Lowland investment trust, after shares plunged 15% following the supermarket's third profit warning in four months.
Former Cazenove chief operating officer Ian Dyble has joined Henderson as head of product development.
UK companies are acting as a drag on an otherwise buoyant global dividend outlook, according to Hendersons' Global Dividend Index.
Henderson Global Investors is launching two new corporate bonds funds - an emerging markets product for Steve Drew and and a global one for James Briggs.