Iain Fulton, manager of the SWIP Global fund, has revealed the stocks driving his portfolio's performance over the last 12 months.

Asian stocks have soared, led by Japan's Nikkei, as investor confidence was boosted by Tokyo winning the race to host the 2020 Olympics.

TwentyFour Asset Management is set to launch a Senior Secured Bond fund for Rob Ford later this month, investing in high quality floating rate securities.

Nigel Thomas, manager of AXA Framlington's £4.4bn UK Select Opportunities fund, has won the Outstanding Fund Manager award from Morningstar OBSR.

Star manager Richard Buxton has listed seven key things he has learnt since starting his career in fund management.

Andreas Zoellinger, co-manager of the BlackRock Continental European Income fund, is backing mid-caps for dividends as valuations in some larger companies become overstretched.

Kames Capital's fixed income specialists David Roberts and Philip Milburn are seeing value return to long-dated bonds following the recent spike in bond yields.

Shares in low-cost airline Ryanair tumbled 15% on Wednesday after the firm issued a surprise profit warning.

BlackRock is set to soft-close its £1.96bn European Dynamic fund, run by Alister Hibbert, while its European Absolute Alpha fund will be capped at £100m.

Canada Life Investments has hired Nigel Kennett from Nomura International as senior fund manager on the UK equities desk.