Global equity income investors saw dividends leap by 31.4% in the first quarter of 2014, buoyed by special payouts, with the underlying increase rising at the fastest rate since 2012.

Charles Stanley is to offer its model portfolio range via Standard Life's Wrap platform.

The market reaction to the Ukraine crisis seems complacent

Pension savers will be among the targets of Aviva Investors' forthcoming low volatility multi-asset strategy, the firm's head of multi-asset has said.

Financial services companies will find it "impossible" to remain in an independent Scotland even if it adopted sterling outside of a currency union, George Osborne has warned.

Allianz Global Investors' European equities team has been buying up former ‘safe haven' stocks which look cheap relative to lower quality peers.

The unloved aviation industry has been dead money for decades for many investors, but it now offers some compelling opportunities after widespread restructuring, Ardevora partner Gianluca Monaco has said.

The Financial Reporting Council has formally agreed proposals from the Investment Management Association that will see fund managers break down profits and losses in pounds and pence figures for the first time.

With the banking sector reporting mixed first quarter results, which groups are still worth holding on to?

Bond investors' "desperation" for yield can lead to many funds taking too much risk at the wrong price, Invesco Perpetual's Paul Read has warned.