JO Hambro

DIVIDENDS

Martin Currie has hired sales manager Phil Raby to spearhead the firm's intermediary business in the North of England, the Midlands and South West.

Morningstar OBSR investment research analyst Richard Whitehall looks at which UK All Companies funds have managed to overcome the recent turbulent market conditions.

BIG INTERVIEW

JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is to launch a Global Opportunities fund for Ben Leyland, manager on the top-performing UK Opportunities fund, by the end of Q2.

Leading investors cast doubt on much-vaunted re-rating of lacklustre gold mining shares.

ITs

Poor results from companies such as Unilever, AstraZeneca and Shell last week showed the valuation gap between defensives and cyclicals is closing in a "vicious" fashion, according to JO Hambro Capital Management's James Lowen.

Former BlackRock analyst Burstow to run new Global Mining offering for Barings, with mandate to invest in mining equities across cap scale.

The eurozone debt crisis has forced the managers of the Waverton Asia Pacific fund to abandon their growth strategy in favour of defensive stocks after a dire period for performance.