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Bruce Stout, manager of Murray International Trust, examines how companies in Europe, Asia and Latin America are changing their attitudes towards equity income investors.

The Association of Investment Companies has joined Morningstar in urging investment companies to fully disclose portfolio holdings so they can compete with open-ended funds in a post-RDR environment.

Former Treasury minister Paul Myners has joined the board of the Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities investment trust as a non-executive and independent director.

Standard Life has signed a five-year platform distribution deal with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

BlackRock's iShares has launched the first ETF to offer exposure to global AAA and AA rated government bond exposure.

Small caps and European focused investment trusts topped the performance charts in the third quarter, while Japanese portfolios lagged, new data from Oriel Securities has revealed.

There is no longer any "good reason" why clients should pay above 40 basis points (bps) for access to a platform, an analysis of the market has concluded.

Providers will scramble to buy distribution ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and will buy up IFA businesses "left, right and centre", delegates at this year's Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) conference heard today.

Exchange Traded Product flows reached their highest monthly level in almost four years in September as investors piled into passives.

The winners of the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards 2012 were announced at a glittering awards ceremony in London last night.