Our ten most popular stories of this week were something of a mixed bag - readers wanted to know which were the most popular funds of Q1, why equity valuations could be misleading, and who was the latest high profile hire at Ashcourt Rowan.

A former senior partner at KPMG has been charged with insider trading after it was alleged he exchanged stock tips for cash and jewellery including a Rolex watch.

Fidelity has added a new product to its emerging market debt fund range, taking the total number of products to four.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has closed down six manager of managers funds it had outsourced to Wilshire Associates.

Marks & Spencer has reported a slight rise in sales in the first quarter of the year, lifted by its food business, although sales of clothing continued to fall.

Charles Stanley saw its funds under administration hit a new high in the year to end March 2013, according to its pre-close trading update.

Neptune Investment Management has closed four funds including three in its Max Alpha product range.

AXA Investment Managers' head of emerging market equities, Julian Thompson, has named Mexico as his top pick from among the EM countries in his investment universe.

The Investment Management Association (IMA)'s chief executive Daniel Godfrey calls on the fund management industry to improve the way it explains fund costs and charges to consumers.

The senior executives of collapsed bank HBOS will come under fire from MPs on Thursday with the publication of a damning report on the failed bank.