Hargreave Hale is seeking to raise £20m for its VCT range from new and existing investors.

City Financial's Mark Harris has increased exposure to India following the election, despite concerns over the prospects for emerging markets if developed economies continue to wind up stimulus packages.

Chief executive of Barclays Wealth and Investment Management Peter Horrell is to leave the company at the end of the year.

Former Financial Services Authority director Sheila Nicoll has joined Schroders as head of public policy.

Adrian Lowcock has left Hargreaves Lansdown after just 18 months at the D2C platform giant.

City Financial has appointed Chris Coombe as its chief financial officer ahead of a move to open offices in Geneva and New York.

Investors are moving back towards safe haven assets such as gold as ongoing violence in Iraq hits markets.

David Jane, founder of Darwin Investment Managers, is planning to diversify the Miton multi-asset funds and utilise excess cash to improve on recent poor returns.

F&C property managers Guy Glover and Marcus Phayre-Mudge have identified four key issues which could impact investors in the property sector.

River and Mercantile has revealed it plans to close soft-close Dan Hanbury's UK Equity Smaller Companies fund - currently £360m in size - when it reaches £550m.