Funds

The growth of DFM-style management is a triumph for the idea investment solutions should focus on client needs.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from ETF Securities and S&P Capital IQ discussed ETFs.

Some 54% of fund managers are set to increase their exposure to ETPs and ETFs over the next three years, with a quarter anticipating an increase of 10% or more.

Aberdeen Asset Management's head of North American equities Paul Atkinson is backing US blue chips over cyclicals to deliver dividend growth ahead of the market.

James Saunders Watson, head of marketing, investment trusts at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, explains how zero dividend preference shares offer capital growth and predictability of return without liability to income tax.

FundsNetwork has announced a range of 50 exchange traded funds (ETFs) will launch on the platform for advisers next week.

MAM Funds is hoping to as much as double the assets in Gervais Williams' Diverse Income trust through a C-share issue.

F&C Investments said its decision to launch a US investment trust instead of an open-ended fund has been largely driven by the vehicles' capability to retain a fixed pool of assets.

Troy Asset Management is poised to take over two closed-ended UK growth and income trusts which are set to be merged into Francis Brooke's £81m Troy Income & Growth trust.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will release its final consultation paper on the platform market before the Olympics begins, Investment Week understands.