Managing Partners Limited (MPL) has suspended redemptions on its Traded Policies fund "in the interests of existing and future investors".

Artemis Strategic Assets fund manager William Littlewood is running the lowest net equity position in the fund's history in expectation the current rally cannot continue.

Jupiter's £400m Ecology fund has added a second benchmark, the FTSE Environmental Technology 100 index, as manager Charlie Thomas proclaims environmental investing has "come of age".

Fund group CEOs have blamed the impact of RDR for a sharp divergence between UK fund sales and those elsewhere in the world at the start of 2013.

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Aberdeen CEO Martin Gilbert has raised the prospect of closing the group's Asia Pacific equity funds in the near future after admitting it "cannot cope" with soaring inflows.

The recent gold price volatility could plague investors for some time, and further selling is also a risk, according to BlackRock's natural resources head Evy Hambro.

Aberdeen AM has raised its interim dividend by more than a third as revenue rose by over 25% in the six months to 31 March.

European markets and the US dollar have extended losses after US GDP came in at a lower than expected 2.5% in Q1.

BlackRock has lifted its stake in Hargreaves Lansdown to over 5% as it backs the platform's share price to continue its meteoric rise.