Equities

Robert Anstey, lead manager of the Hermes US Small & Mid Cap fund, explains where his team is finding value further down the market-cap spectrum.

Miton will add a new equity fund to its range on 18 March with the launch of the CF Miton US Opportunities fund for recent hires Nick Ford and Hugh Grieves.

While markets are nearing - or passing through - nominal highs, in reality, UK shares would need to climb much higher just to meet inflation-adjusted pre-crisis highs of 2007.

Shares in Schroders have climbed over 1% in early trading on the FTSE 100 as UBS removed its ‘sell' rating and investors grow more optimistic over the asset manager's prospects.

Two of Pictet's emerging markets team, including Russia fund manager Peter Jarvis, have left Pictet Asset Management(PAM), Investment Week can reveal.

Economists are speculating the outgoing Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, will greenlight one more round of quantitative easing before he steps down in June.

Blue chip insurer Aviva's shares have fallen 14% after the group revealed a £3bn loss in 2012 caused by a huge writedown in its US business.

THE BIQ QUESTION

ON JAPAN

Andrew Formica, chief executive of Henderson Global Investors, has tipped the rally in markets to continue from here as flows from bonds into equities finally start to increase.