Funds

The board of the £28m UK Select trust has announced the company will rebrand under the Threadneedle name early next year, subject to shareholder approval.

Hargreaves Lansdown CEO Ian Gorham has sold an interest in 750,000 of the group's shares for £3.35m and reinvested half the proceeds back in the company.

Warren Buffett's investment group Berkshire Hathaway has completed a $1.2bn share buyback after snapping up the shares of an unnamed long-term shareholder.

Aberdeen Asset Management's Hugh Young said dotcom-style bubbles are forming in some Asian income stocks as valuations look increasingly stretched.

Investors continue to weigh up the benefits of proactive central bank policy against the muted levels of economic growth from developed countries in a deleveraging world.

Panic about house prices, asset bubbles and China caught our readers' attention this year, with the views of leading hedgies and controversial industry figures featuring in our list of the 20 most read stories of 2012.

Skandia has cut 20 of its 100-strong sales force as it restructures its financial adviser sales team ahead of the RDR.

Ben Rogoff has moved fully invested on the £515m Polar Capital Technology trust in the view share prices will be supported even if tech firms see further earnings downgrades.

Lindsell Train co-founder Nick Train has said the single best performing stock in his portfolio in 2012 and his stock pick of the year is Hargreaves Lansdown.

Axa has announced its Architas fund range will be available on third-party platforms for the first time.