Investment

Old Mutual Global Investors is to open its first Scotland office in Edinburgh as a new home for Russ Oxley and his fixed income team.

As the alternative investment market reaches its 20th anniversary this week, managers highlight some of the most impressive company successes - as well as the major failures on the junior market - over the past two decades.

Charles Stanley has added passive funds to its Foundation Fundlist of preferred vehicles for the first time, following a shakeup of the firm's research capabilities.

Mining stocks are dragging down the FTSE 100 index after weak trade figures in China have reignited worries about a slowdown in its economic growth.

Baring Asset Management has launched a multi-asset income fund for former Schroders manager Sonja Laud, targeting the UK retirement market.

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Hargreaves Lansdown has hired Chris Hill as its new chief financial officer, ending the search for a replacement after Tracey Taylor left at the end of last year.

A new industry initiative aiming to improve liquidity in the fixed income market has gone live under the title Neptune, supported by 42 banks and investment firms.

Heartwood Investment Management has moved its range of funds into the IA Unclassified sector, joining a growing number of groups that have not been able to find a suitable peer group for risk-rated products.