Schroder Global Climate Change manager Simon Webber believes clean energy stocks will continue to advance in 2010 despite this month's Copenhagen summit only delivering a "fudge" agreement.

GlaxoSmithKline leads Charles Stanley's top stock picks for 2010, with the firm expecting companies with significant overseas operations to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns next year.

Earlier in 2009, some investors were being too gloomy. We remained constructive in the down-period when share price values fell to their lowest levels in several generations.

Simon Brazier, manager of the £553.5m Schroder UK Equity fund, is leaving the firm to take a senior position at another asset management company.

Fidelity is renaming its Sterling Bond fund under the ‘Strategic' label in order to more accurately reflect the vehicle's investment remit.

Negative sentiment around the failure to reach a detailed agreement at Copenhagen will only have a short term impact on environmental markets, say fund managers.

BlackRock has reduced the annual management charge on the retail share classes of six Luxembourg-listed funds by 25 basis points.

The AIC has appointed Ian Sayers as director general after he held the role of acting head of the organisation since the departure of Daniel Godfrey at the end of July.

Standard & Poor's has awarded four HSBC Global Asset Management tracker funds an AAA rating, including the recently merged American Index portfolio.

WHEB Sustainability fund has increased its exposure to solar power stocks on expectations of a rally post Copenhagen Summit.