Fund research director Guy Boden has left Standard & Poor's to join Stamford Associates as an institutional analyst.

Top-line growth focus propels industry newcomer's UK Equity Income Unconstrained fund into the upper echelons of competitive sector.

Henderson has increased the TERs on 14 Gartmore funds it retained following the takeover of the group in March.

Standard Life Investments is set to increase its annual management charges across seven retail offerings including Harry Nimmo's £1.2bn UK Smaller Companies fund.

Conservative peer Howard Flight, joint founder of Guinness Flight alongside Tim Guinness, has joined the board of the Aurora Investment trust.

London's leading index has edged through the 6,000 point barrier for the first time in over a month, despite Standard & Poor's warning on Greece.

The board of the £78m J.P. Morgan Japanese Smaller Companies trust has fired a warning shot at manager JF Asset Management to turn around the company's lacklustre performance.

Board of UK Growth investment trust scraps performance fee following period of outperformance.

Andrew Nicholas, manager of First State's £60m Global Property Securities fund, has moved overweight Japan, following the earthquake and tsunami in March.

Neptune's US fund manager Felix Wintle is set to dump technology stocks and sell banks as he attempts to steer his £673m US Opportunities fund out of the bottom quartile.