Equities

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.

The first few trading sessions of 2009 were surprisingly bullish continuing the momentum of a late December rally.

Low quality cyclical rally proves a struggle for UK equity income funds

Unlike the London housing market that seems to rise every year, the stock market had another year of wild gyrations.

Investors have an average weighting of just 0.1% in emerging markets (EM) despite almost two thirds of IFAs considering it the best performing asset class, research suggests.

Legal & General Investment Management is shutting down its Japan equities hedge fund.

Aviva Investors is to launch a third structured product based on the performance of the FTSE 100 next month, after its two predecessor funds gathered over £150m.

The leadership of global economic growth has shifted to emerging markets, especially those in Asia, according to Invesco chief economist, John Greenwood.

Hail Dorothy, the wicked witch is dead! In the classic movie, the Wizard of Oz, this is the ending of one era and entering of another.

Over the course of the year, the Japanese stock market has continued to rise from its March low point, helped by a general improvement in investors' risk appetite and the release of more positive economic data.