SmartGARP bounces back

Deflation defeated

PIMCO founder Bill Gross, manager of the PIMCO Total Return fund, has quit the group to join Janus Capital.

Richard Plackett is to step back from his role as head of BlackRock's UK Small and Mid Cap equity team and will relinquish control of his two investment trusts when he returns from sabbatical.

Newton's Richard Wilmot, manager of the group's £1bn UK Equity fund, is to leave the company, Investment Week can reveal.

The Financial Conduct Authority has created a dedicated fund supervision unit to regulate and monitor individual retail funds for the first time, in a bid to better safeguard investors and consumers.

Investec Asset Management's Alastair Mundy suggests some tactics for investors keen to open up their horizons (and minds) when buying stocks and funds.

The Big Question: Where are the opportunities in government bond markets now?

Charles Stanley chief executive Sir David Howard is to step down following new EU rules demanding firms separate the roles of CEO and chairman.

The strong dollar has been the bane of equity markets, placing pressure on earnings. But Simon Laing, head of US equities at Invesco Perpetual, argues investors need to look back at the 1980s, when markets soared alongside the dollar’s strength, for investment inspiration