UK

How will history judge Martin Wheatley after he stands down from the FCA? Realistically, history will not even remember him. It barely remembers any of his predecessors at the variety of regulators since the Financial Services Act came into force in 1986....

Man Group saw $2.6bn of net outflows during the first half of the year, largely driven by redemptions from the group's long-only portfolios including GLG's Japan CoreAlpha strategy, but performance fees helped profits jump 89%.

I would like to introduce a brand new term called 'false trough spotting'. As a paid-up contrarian, it is my duty to find an asset class that is troughing in price and then declare it as a 'bottom fishing' opportunity.

Kames Capital's Martin Davis has called upon the ten largest asset managers in the UK to come to a joint agreement on the best way to articulate fund fees to investors.

Natixis Global Asset Management is seeking to broaden its UK OEIC range with the launch of UK equity and bond products.

Ratings agency FundCalibre marks its first anniversary this week, and a look at the site's most popular portfolios hints at the investment trends making themselves felt so far in 2015 - and potentially in the months to follow.

Renewed underperformance by Newton and Jupiter's UK equity income funds has seen both fall back into Sanlam Private Wealth's 'Black List' of underperforming UK dividend-focused portfolios.

Most financial journalists hate the Budget. All day long we rewrite the same old boring summary of big fiscal changes, with supposedly pivotal impacts on the national body politic.

Turning point for monetary policy

Eclectica Absolute Macro manager Hugh Hendry has said the UK government's decision to introduce a 'national living wage' lends credence to his investment thesis that politicians realise they must now reward workers in order to boost growth.