Equities

UK mid-cap companies have been the sweet spot of the domestic investment universe of late, returning around double the amount achieved by the largest UK companies, but where are the best opportunities now?

Investors are becoming increasingly concerned an increase in exposure to small and mid-cap stocks by UK All Companies funds could leave them vulnerable to a correction.

JO Hambro Capital Management's emerging markets strategy is $100m away from soft-closure, according to the group's chief executive, while two other funds are also approaching capacity.

Threadneedle is to team up with South Africa's STANLIB to launch a range of Africa-focused strategies including a frontier markets fund.

Anthony Bolton has said he feels his final year in charge of the Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust has 'vindicated' his decision to come out of retirement.

Aberdeen is to implement "significant" additional cost savings after emerging market woes saw it suffer £3.9bn in net outflows for the first two months of 2014.

The management of Diverse Income Trust is considering increasing the company's capital base in order to cut costs.

Hargreaves Lansdown is to expand its business with the creation of a new stockbroking research arm, Investment Week can reveal.

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is facing calls for his resignation after the regulator made an "extraordinary blunder" that hit insurers' share prices, according to reports.

Invesco Perpetual has confirmed Mark Barnett's High Income fund is to exit the UK Equity Income sector at the end of the month, with two other income funds likely to follow suit.