Harry Nimmo's Standard Life Investments UK Smaller Companies fund has made its first appearance on Bestinvest's 'dog list' of underperforming funds.

Sectors are less relevant than they used to be as wealth managers focus on client goals, Rayner Spencer Mills' Geoff Mills tells Laura Dew.

Simon Redgrove and Andrew Fay are to exit Close Brothers Asset Management, three years after it acquired their firm Cavanagh for £26m.

Tony Yousefian has left Charteris just four months after he joined to expand the firm's fund range.

Hargreave Hale is to open a York office after the hire of three investment managers - including a JM Finn employee who became involved in a legal dispute with his former firm.

The head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned the global financial system is at risk of a second crisis, which could be worse this time around due to higher borrowing in both developed and emerging markets.

Tensions in Iraq prompted a spike in the oil price last month, but UK equity managers are torn over whether ‘supermajors' BP and Shell are the best way to play rising prices.

Mark Carney: One year on

The BRICs have made something of a comeback this year following a 2013 many investors in the regions will want to forget, but which country now offers investors the best prospects?

Asian indices hit a fresh six-year high this morning after positive manufacturing data helped lift sentiment.