Funds

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has launched an at-retirement service ahead of the deadline for implementing the new flexibilities for defined contribution (DC) members next April.

Somerset Capital has admitted a new dilution levy on its funds has proved 'contentious' despite being in keeping with an industry-wide drive to cost transparency.

John Kennedy has stepped down from managing the £821m Scottish investment trust after ten years at the helm.

Aviva's platform has said it is on course to achieve profitability in 2016 and its target of £6bn in AUM by the end of the year, after assets doubled in the last 12 months.

Fidelity's Dale Nicholls is making greater use of third-party consultants to mitigate the risk of company fraud, which has been a problem for the China Special Situations trust in the past.

The SRI sector has drawn much attention since a series of tax breaks on social investments were introduced earlier this year. Annabelle Williams analyses the different types of SRI funds available to investors .

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Zurich has overhauled its platform fee structure and announced a cut in its initial investment charge for all clients.

Twenty investment trusts have scrapped performance fees so far this year as pressure from open-ended rivals causes boards to take action.