Sarasin & Partners has expanded its sales team with two new hires, in an effort to increase the distribution of its offering to the discretionary market.

‘Targeting volatility can leave you behind the curve'

It has been a volatile year for mid caps, with the FTSE 250 falling 6% between March and April. But F&C's £20m UK Mid-Cap fund has considerably outperformed over the past year, maintaining the return profile it has enjoyed over three and five years.

Neuberger Berman has launched a long/short multi-manager fund for its Hedge Fund Solutions group.

Shares in Royal Mail fell by more than 8% after the company reported a fall in profits amid rising fears over competition from online retailers.

Sustainable investment is a growing trend in the UK market, which has the second-largest sustainable investment industry in the world, according to the UKSIF.

Giles Worthington has joined Smith & Williamson to run its European Growth trust, following the departure of Mark Pignatelli at the end of last year.

Jean-Sylvain Perrig is the Chief Investment Officer at Union Bancaire Privee. He tells Alice Rigby why there will be opportunities in the US for some time to come and what a bout of positive trading in Japan means for his portfolios.

Mill Group Residential, one of the country's biggest property groups, is planning to launch a ‘buy-to-let' REIT, the first of its kind to be listed on a UK stock exchange.

Fund selectors are increasingly favouring boutique investment houses and rejecting star managers, according to a survey by distribution company Harrington Cooper.