Miton

Martin Gray, manager of the Miton Special Situations portfolio, explains why high levels of real estate and consumer debt will cause further problems for an over-geared banking sector.

Portugal will need a bailout in 2011, but the future of the eurozone will depend on the fate of Spain, Italy and Belgium, says MAM Funds' Martin Gray.

MAM Funds, the recently rebranded Midas Capital and Miton Asset Management, is looking to raise £20m in extra capital, and is strengthening its management team with the hire of Gervais Williams.

Fund manager Martin Gray has attacked the failure of governments to adequately overhaul financial regulation.

THE BIG QUESTION

Miton manager Martin Gray shares his thoughts on the currency markets and why UK interest rate rises are more likely to come in years, not months.

Miton Asset Management managing director Martin Gray has been appointed a director of Midas Capital with immediate effect.

Midas Capital will sell off £62m in Guernsey and South African-based offshore funds over the next month in the final disposal of its non-core assets.

Midas Capital business development director David Thomas will leave the group at the end of next month.

Highly-regarded UK fund managers Mark Lyttleton, Tony Nutt and Martin Gray have taken a stake in new property vehicle LXB Retail Properties.