UK

Election, sterling, and Alliance Trust troubles

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Henderson Global Investors' chief executive Andrew Formica has warned the UK's credit rating could be put at risk by a Labour triumph at next month's general election.

Central banks may resort to 'helicopter drop' measures to stave off the threat of deflation, according to Investec's Alastair Mundy.

The UK's headline inflation rate avoided negative territory in March but core inflation saw a surprise drop to its lowest level in nine years, latest figures show.

Societe Generale has launched the first ever virtual Structured Products Challenge for financial advisers and planners in the UK.

Jupiter UK Growth co-manager Ian McVeigh is to step back from day-to-day management of the £1.4bn portfolio as he takes a corporate governance role at the group.

Dan Nickols manager of the Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies fund, asks if UK smaller companies should realistically be trading at a discount to their large cap peers

Choosing stocks with reliable growth and yield and not too much risk is becoming harder for managers, explains Ciaran Mallon, fund manager at Invesco Perpetual

UK investors may be unsure about the impending general election, but events elsewhere could provide a boost to the economy in the coming months, explains John Redwood, chairman of the investment committee at Charles Stanley Pan Asset.