Pioneer Investments is gearing up to add an Emerging Market Corporate Bond fund to its product range by the end of the month.

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Dimme Lucassen as a fund manager within the property multi-manager team, based in Amsterdam.

Aviva Investors has launched RDR-ready share classes for a number of its most popular funds, as well as removing initial charges from all its onshore portfolios.

The £3m Martin Currie Global Energy fund is set to wind down at the end of February after prolonged uderperformance.

The FTSE 100 has had the best start to a year since 1999 as investors pour billions back into global equities.

Spanish boutique asset manager March Gestión de Fondos (MFG) is poised to enter the UK market with the launch of three funds.

Today the MPC left interest rates untouched for another month in a widely expected move, while leaving quantitative easing on hold, but calls for the Bank to take a more pro-active approach to boost growth are getting louder.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again kept interest rates unchanged and quantitative easing on hold in a widely expected decision.

Brooks Macdonald Funds has launched two new products, the Global Equity Income fund and the Defensive Capital and Income fund.

The chief executive of UBS' investment bank has admitted the banking industry must change, as bankers have become "too arrogant".