Funds

Zurich has launched a range of outcome focused funds for advisers using its retail platform, with Richard Romer-Lee's new consultancy Square Mile proving the underlying investment choices.

HM Revenue & Customs has withdrawn VCT approval for the Oxford Technology trust after it was found to have breached rules over the amount it held in a single firm.

Hargreaves Lansdown received over 600 individual deals on fund prices before it decided which funds would make it onto its new Wealth 150 + list, Investment Week can reveal.

The Witan Investment trust has said it will continue to invest in funds which charge performance fees as it revealed a strong set of results for 2013.

The Standard Life wrap is launching a third party discretionary fund management (DFM) service for advisers.

Ensuring direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms do not stray into advice has become an "obsession" that is ultimately stunting innovation, a report has concluded.

Share prices are rising faster than corporate earnings to create a "potent cocktail" that could lead to disappointment in equity markets, according to Ruffer.

Barclays Stockbrokers has cut the charge on its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) just weeks after revealing its clean pricing structure.

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Peter Mann is to retire from Old Mutual Wealth in the middle of 2014.