Investment

Renewed dollar strength has led forecasters to predict a tougher time for sterling in the coming months, despite a small relief rally last week as Scotland opted against independence. Which funds could benefit?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged investors in the EEA Life Settlements fund who bought directly or via a financial adviser to consider making a complaint as it believes some are "likely to have been mis-sold the product".

Guinness Asset Management is to launch a version of the Global Innovators strategy run by its US sister company Guinness Atkinson, targeting UK investors.

The US regulator is investigating how bond giant PIMCO prices its exchange-traded funds after it became concerned the group may have artificially inflated returns on one of Bill Gross' ETFs.

Complacency has taken hold of credit markets, with investors giving short shrift to credit risk, argues Kleinwort Benson bond head Fadi Zaher.

The divergence in performance of US equities and high yielding bonds is set to continue, as several headwinds loom large in the face of high yield, explains Natixis manager Franck Nicolas.

Fund buyers are taking profits in frontier markets after the recent reshuffle of constituents and a strong run of performance.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Ashton Bradbury is to retire from the group at the end of the year.

Old Mutual is launching an initial public offering for its US subsidiary Old Mutual Asset Management.

Wealth manager Turcan Connell is planning to launch its own real estate investment trust (REIT) in a bid to offer clients a solution to persistently low interest rates on cash holdings.