Marlborough's Giles Hargreave has reversed his notoriously bearish stance on equity markets for the first time since 2008, telling investors now is the time to be fully invested.
Morningstar has unveiled its list of top performing funds for retail investors in 2011, a turbulent period for markets.
Marlborough Fund Managers has announced plans to merge two UK funds, one of which was formerly run by Greg Bennett, into portfolios managed by Giles Hargreave.
Greg Bennett has left Marlborough to join his former Neptune colleagues at Argonaut Capital.
Marlborough Special Situations and UK Micro Cap Growth manager has moved to cash in anticipation of buying opportunities.