The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is preparing to restart its disciplinary action against Keydata founder Stewart Ford after his attempt to appeal a previous High Court ruling was quashed.

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Royal London Asset Management is to extend its fixed income capabilities with the launch of three short duration funds for Paul Rayner, Craig Inches and Sajiv Vaid, Investment Week can reveal.

M&G has won its fight to add four non-executive directors to the board of Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) after the small-cap oil group backed down at the last minute.

Japanese investors have reacted with muted enthusiasm to a sweeping election victory by Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.

RWC managers Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost have left the company and their Cautious Absolute Rate and Currency fund has been put under review by the group.

A number of ‘buy' signals are now flashing for some emerging market assets despite longer-term headwinds, according to strategists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Equity investors selling down dividend plays in expectation of a tapering of US QE have misjudged some high profile stocks, according to Threadneedle's Dave Dudding.

The whole market has reached an inflection point and investors must now start to adapt to life without "massive stimulus", according to Psigma manager Bill Mott.

The Battle Against Cancer investment trust (BACIT) has announced its first charitable donations, totalling almost £1m, after a strong first five months.