Dilution levies are becoming increasingly popular among fund groups, but are they a hindrance to investing or a necessary feature to protect against short-term trading?

Killik & Co's Ben McKeown has joined Hargreave Hale as an investment manager.

Steering clear of the asset gatherers

Wealth managers report their clients are clamouring to take on more risk in portfolios, even as markets retreat from record highs.

Asian markets enjoyed a mixed trading session at the start of the week, oscillating between gains and losses as the latest relief rally comes under pressure.

The Investment Management Association is to launch a consultation into how fund groups disclose portfolio turnover rates as early as next month.

Wealth manager Ashcourt Rowan has sold its remaining SIPP and SSAS business to Mattioli Woods.

UK equities manager Philip Hardy has left FOUR Capital Partners after less than a year.

Brooks Macdonald Asset Management has partnered with Berkshire-based IFA firm Petrus Financial Services to expand the reach of its investment propositions.

UK and European equity markets have pulled back again this morning after two mega M&A deals fell through and geopolitical tensions increased.