The Investment Management Association (IMA) has warned funds in the £ Corporate Bond sector over excessive exposure to cash and non-core securities, Investment Week understands.

Veteran fund manager Graham French is to leave M&G, handing over his Global Basics fund to his co-manager. Should holders of the fund consider other options?

UBS Wealth Management UK has poached a six-strong team from Deutsche Bank to broaden its service to financial planners.

City Financial plans to launch an independent fund research service in the spring for Peter Toogood and Gill Hutchinson.

David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, has bought a number of new funds in the last few months as he rejigs his portfolios to focus on global growth.

In an environment where bonds have sold off and equities look expensive, providing a return above inflation is tough, Edward Allen of Thurleigh Investment Managers tells Anna Fedorova.

Biotech, digital communications and clean energy have been the three best performing themes in Pictet's Global Megatrends Selection fund this year.

Vanguard has moved to reduce prices on its emerging market and global bond trackers as price competition in the passive space heats up.

While its successful stock market debut stole the headlines and confirmed its position as the darling of the US tech sector, there is more to tech than Twitter.

M&G's retail funds under management are up 24% year on year to £64.5bn at 30 September, driven primarily by strong inflows from European clients, with UK flows turning positive again in Q3.