With this week's BoE monetary policy announcement marking six years of rates being held at a record low level of 0.5%, Investment Week looks at the funds which have produced the best performance over the period.

Standard Life Investments' Global Equity Income fund manager Kevin Troup tells Laura Dew why his Hong Kong listed holdings are slow-burners and explains his decision to buy a Nokia bond, rather than its equity.

The Bank of England is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to liquidity auctions held during the financial crisis.

The cost of launching new fund ranges and boosting distribution left Aviva Investors with flat performance in 2014, as the firm said its wider turnaround is far from completion.

The potential sales of Transact and Seven Investment Management (7IM), as well as increased scrutiny from the regulator, have prompted advisers to start probing platforms on their exit strategies.

Wealth managers are urging fund providers to open preferentially-priced share classes to their businesses, as opposed to just the largest, typically platform-based distributors.

Sanlam Private Investment has rebranded to become Sanlam Private Wealth, the same as its parent company in South Africa.

Baring Asset Management has converted its Global Bond Trust into a more flexible Strategic Bond fund and handed it to new manager Guy Dunham.

The fund management industry is "ripe for investigation" regarding pay packages, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD).

WH Ireland's pre-tax profits have fallen 70% after a year of restructuring, but assets under management in its wealth division rose healthily.