Ignis Asset Management is closing a number of offshore funds - and re-launching others - as it moves to merge away its Irish-domiciled fund range into its Luxembourg SICAV.
Three of the top ten dividend payers globally in 2013 were British companies, while financials accounted for the greatest proportion of payouts, according to a new study by Henderson Global Investors.
The passing of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) into law has made it compulsory for UK investment firms to disclose the total cost of their investments to their clients.
Jonathan Pines, manager of the Hermes Asia ex Japan Equity fund, has named five stocks that helped him beat competitors in his peer group last year.
It is harder for equity managers to invest now than in the run up to the financial crisis, according to Bruce Stout, manager of the £1.3bn Murray International trust.