Lord Turner, chariman of the FSA, said it was "vitally important" European financial supervisors did not intervene directly in the running of individual markets.
Investec's Max King says investors have become too fixated on income generation at the expense of capital growth.
Resolution founder Clive Cowdery has called on fund managers to make the financial services industry more investable.
M&G won the Outstanding Investment House accolade at last night's OBSR Honours Dinner, held at the Dorchester Hotel in London.