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.

Stephen Bailey, co-manager of the £584m Liontrust Macro Equity Income fund, explains why he and Jan Luthman have turned positive on the UK consumer.

The former BlackRock executive who paid £43,000 compensation for dodging train fares has said reports of his wrongdoing have been exaggerated.

The outlook for dividend growth in the UK remains positive, underpinned by relatively low payout ratios, strong corporate balance sheets, and a steady economic recovery, which should support UK equities over the coming months.

The fact that the FTSE 100 finally eclipsed its previous closing high from December 1999 made for interesting headlines recently, but this does not tell the whole story, according to Franklin Templeton's Ben Russon.

'I have to prove I am credible in UK All Companies'

Several years on from launch, retail fund buyers are showing increasing interest in a strategy which seeks to bridge the gap between passive and high alpha portfolios.