Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has switched pricing on its £2.5bn Property trust from a mid- to an offer-price basis after a surged in inflows.

As Aviva Investors prepares for the arrival of its new CEO Euan Munro, Jeremy Leadsom, sales director for UK financial institutions, has played down its plans to launch a GARS-style product in the new year.

Hundreds of multi-asset funds are failing to gain traction among investors despite a concerted push into the space by asset managers, Investment Week analysis shows.

Ian Ormiston, manager of the Ignis European Smaller Companies fund, has benefited from the rally in European stocks this year and has revealed the top themes driving returns in his portfolio.

Hargreaves Lansdown has flagged up five key investment themes to benefit from the announcements made in yesterday's Autumn Statement.

Share buybacks carried out by Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) will no longer qualify for tax relief from April 2014, the government has said.

Exposure to New Zealand caused the £4.4bn Newton Asian Income fund to significantly underperform its peers in November, as unexpected political risks rocked the local market.

Standard Chartered saw its stock price plummet 7% during trading today after warning of its first fall in operating profits for a decade.

Despite the slowdown in Asian growth this year, the banking sector remains in rude health, according to Aberdeen Asset Management's Hugh Young.

Polar Capital has more than doubled its assets under management year-on-year, driven primarily by inflows into its Japanese products.