Former F&C fixed income manager Peter Geikie-Cobb has joined Charles Stanley as managing director of its Matterley fund business.

Aviva Investors is set to merge Chris Murphy's UK Income & Growth fund into his UK Equity Income portfolio, subject to shareholder approval.

Newton Investment Management has rebranded three funds in its mixed-asset range, as well as cutting charges on two portfolios and repositioning the third.

Robert Mumby has retired from fund management after nine years at Jupiter, handing his funds to Guy de Blonay.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has rebranded as The Investment Association to reflect its wider remit as an enlarged organisation.

In the second part of our rundown of the best and worst funds of last year, we take a look at the bond, multi-asset, property and technology sectors.

Investment Week takes a look at the biggest winners and losers of 2014 across 20 different IMA sectors.

Aberdeen Asset Management's CIO and Standard Life Investments' head of global strategy are among those to have been recognised in the 2015 New Year honours list.

This year has been a difficult one for many active funds, but, as ever, a select group of portfolios continue to be backed en masse by buyers looking to deliver outperformance for clients.

Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi, the most significant voice in the OPEC cartel, has said the group will not cut production even if the price of oil falls to $20 a barrel.