Trend comes under fire

Investors are being urged to carry out extra due diligence on global equity income funds on fears of 'disproportionately rising stock risk', as the sector's average exposure to UK-listed names reaches a three-year high.

The flurry of peer-to-peer lending investment trusts unveiled over the past year and a half has attracted a significant level of interest from investors excited by the prospect of 6%-plus yields and other diversification benefits, with £1.7bn raised in...

Could face costly regulatory barriers

Stocks driven by buoyant UK consumer spending will the biggest contributors to strong returns this year, according to Trevor Green, head of UK equities at Aviva Investors.

Clare Flynn Levy, CEO and founder of Essentia Analytics, argues understanding how behavioural bias negatively impacts investment decisions enables fund managers to identify their behaviours and refine their investment processes.

Ian Overgage, director of FE Kii Hub, explains why the industry may not be ready to meet the regulator's 2016 deadline for the introduction of key information documents for PRIIPs.

As 2015 draws to a close, Japan watchers have grown increasingly concerned the country's reform programme, or Abenomics, is failing to kick-start the economy. Despite unprecedented amounts of monetary stimulus, GDP growth estimates for Japan have lagged...

There is an unsaid adage in fund management about 'grey hair' and 'scars', which means up and coming talent in the industry can be overlooked in favour of those with a decade or two of investment experience under their belt.

Rising stars of the industry