Equities

F&C director of UK and European equities Peter Lees is to hand over his UK equity fund responsibilities as the group bids to turn around performance, Investment Week can reveal.

The Bank of Russia has taken steps to halt the collapse of the rouble, as the currency continues to hit new record lows against the US dollar and the euro on falling oil prices.

US equity markets have been volatile in 2014, but investors have over-reacted to the downside, says Joel Mittelman from the Boston Company Asset Management.

It has been a turbulent couple of months for policy makers in Japan.

October's sell-off contributed to bringing the valuation of the FTSE All-Share down to below historical levels. Tineke Frikkee, manager of Smith & Williamson's UK Equity Income trust, highlights stocks that still look attractive

Spotlight on: Asia’s banking sector

Russia in 2015: An economic slip back to the 1980s?

Aubrey Capital Management will expand its fund range with the launch of an emerging market consumer fund in January.

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts has predicted the European Central Bank (ECB) will unveil a long-awaited quantitative easing programme at the start of next year, boosting the region's equity markets in the process.

SWMC European Fund manager Stuart Mitchell has taken a stake in GlaxoSmithKline following 'years' of pronounced share price underperformance from the pharma giant.