Flagship UK Opportunities fund invests in unloved names with encouraging growth prospects.
HSBC has announced it will take responsibility for all customers mis-sold investment products by NHFA, a care fees advice business it acquired in 2005.
Kames Capital's head of UK equities Stephen Adams has predicted UK plc could see negative earnings in 2012, undershooting consensus forecasts by 15%.
The fund management industry has been avidly following every twist and turn of the Patrick Evershed versus New Star fight over recent weeks.
Nearly 30 pension funds, including Tesco, BUPA and the BBC, have filed claims at the High Court seeking damages from Henderson Global Investors over claims it took too much risk with one of its funds.
Partick Evershed's claims he and other staff members were bullied by New Star Asset Management founder John Duffield have been dismissed by three of his ex-colleagues.
The government has relaxed the tax rules on Property Authorised Investment Funds (PAIFs) and REITs in a move set to increase the number of these vehicles in the marketplace.