Jupiter

Jupiter's Guy de Blonay is taking over lead management of the group's £1.04bn Financial Opportunities fund on 1 January, allowing Philip Gibbs to focus on running his other mandates.

Jupiter has recorded a £484m net inflow into its mutual fund range in the third quarter.

OBSR has handed its Rising Talent award to Jupiter's Cédric de Fonclare, manager of the European Special Situations fund.

Jupiter's Tony Nutt has dismissed fears the UK is headed back into recession and believes equity prices and dividends have "significant upside" potential.

Jupiter went into the black for the first half of 2010 with profits before tax of £14.6m compared to a loss of £6.5m for the same period last year.

Emma O'Neill, investment research analyst at OBSR, a Morningstar company, compares some of the Europe funds rated by the business.

Paternoster has been put up for sale, with its original backers facing the loss of more than half their £500m equity investment.

Standard & Poor's Linda-Jane Coffin looks at which funds have consistently achieved a AAA rating for five consecutive years or longer.

Paul Burgin looks at the impact of BP cutting its dividend on the Equity Income sector.

IFAonline would like to send its condolences to the family and friends of Jupiter fund manager Laurie Petar, who passed away yesterday after a long battle with prostate cancer.