Equities

Neil Woodford has made a new investment in AJ Bell via a fundraising round which ensures the Invesco Perpetual-backed platform will remain a private company.

UK Smaller Companies trusts were among the best performers last month, after the political uncertainty of the general election subsided.

Hexam Capital Partners is to close majority shareholder Bryan Collings' onshore Global Emerging Markets fund after assets shrunk to an uneconomical level.

Greece has missed its scheduled payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announcing it will bundle debt due into a single figure at the end of the month instead.

BNY Mellon Investment Management is making the Newton Global Emerging Markets fund available to UK retail investors by merging it into its UCITS fund range.

Scott McKenzie, investment director and manager of the Saracen UK Income fund, says the largest dividend payers in the UK market currently offer limited potential for growth, particularly as the strong dollar is masking inherent weaknesses in many business...

Peter Askew, co-manager of the T. Bailey Growth fund, says investors are at risk of missing out on the best Asian opportunities by only allocating to the region through emerging market labels

Man GLG is to remove investment restrictions on its flagship Japan CoreAlpha fund, citing an improvement in Japanese equity market liquidity.

Siddharth Bhargava, research analyst, Matthews Asia

Jupiter has promoted James Zimmerman to lead manager of its £60m UK Smaller Companies portfolio as Richard Curling steps back.