Heads I win, tails you lose

UK equities will struggle to make significant gains as a range of forces will weigh on sentiment in 2015. Investors should shelter in stocks undertaking self-help, argues Aviva Investors' Chris Murphy.

What’s gone wrong with global funds?

Mega-caps may have struggled this year, but the UK is awash with successful self-help situations, says EEA's David Urch.

Poor road infrastructure and a shortage of haulage vehicles is holding back the US recovery. However, growth in other modes of transport has proved a profitable play for some investors, explains WHEB's Edward Franks.

Neil Woodford, private equity investor Jon Moulton and former Goldman Sachs Asset Management chair Jim O'Neill are among those to have backed digital bank Atom ahead of its 2015 launch.

F&C director of UK and European equities Peter Lees is to hand over his UK equity fund responsibilities as the group bids to turn around performance, Investment Week can reveal.

The government has said it will introduce seeding relief for property authorised investment funds (PAIFs), allowing such funds to launch without incurring stamp duty.

The government is to crack down on investment managers "disguising guaranteed fee income as capital gains", as part of anti tax avoidance measures outlined in the Autumn Statement.

The Office for Budget Responsibility has revised up government borrowing forecasts for 2014 and 2015 - but figures for the following years are lower than previously estimated, according to Chancellor George Osborne.