Funds

Troy's Sebastian Lyon, manager of the £600m Personal Assets investment trust, has warned equity and bond valuations are approaching pre-crisis peaks, and bullish investors could get caught out if they fail to brace their portfolios for a market correction....

Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) have been granted an exemption from the FCA's ban on sales of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to retail investors.

Holly Mackay of Platforum expects to see the greatest growth in the workplace savings market, with platforms becoming ubiquitous over time.

Andrew Graham, manager of the Martin Currie Pacific trust, argues the trend for earnings downgrades must reverse before stock markets can go higher.

A look at what might be on the regulatory horizon for wealth managers was a story which caught our readers' attention this week.

Advisory firms who have achieved excellence in running a platform-enabled business or practice are being invited to submit entries for the prestigious annual Aberdeen UK Platform Awards.

Verona Smith, marketing director of Cofunds, is to join The Platforum after exiting the fund supermarket in the wake of its takeover by Legal & General.

Hargreaves Lansdown is asking smaller fund groups to offer their products exclusively through the discount broker, as part of a round of fresh price negotiations.

Charlie Eppinger, chairman of Cofunds, will step down with immediate effect following the completion of the platform's acquisition by L&G.

Outflows from gold-backed exchange traded funds in 2013 are now greater than the combined level of inflows seen in 2011 and 2012, according to Bloomberg data.