Investment

The illiquidity and low volatility of micro-cap stocks has helped managers at the very bottom of the cap scale dodge the impact of this year's rotation into larger companies, buyers suggest.

Scottish fund managers have suffered outflows in recent months amid increased uncertainty over the outcome of the country's independence referendum.

Sluggish growth in the US has led the Federal Reserve to question whether the economy is struggling with ‘economic hysteresis' - when a recession permanently damages growth potential. The issue could have huge implications for monetary policy and equity...

The Baring Multi-Asset fund has lost over half of its assets in a month after Andrew Cole, Percival Stanion and Shaniel Ramjee left the group.

The Investment Management Association has said there are signs the polarisation of fund flows is decreasing, despite consolidation across the distribution chain pointing to the opposite effect.

Former Aegon director Charles Garthwaite has been appointed chief executive of fund hosting company Fund Partners.

Barclays has appointed Aviva's John McFarlane to succeed Sir David Walker as chairman in 2015.

What are the biggest challenges the senior executives of investment management firms are currently concerned about? Hardeep Tawakley asked three: Hermes' Saker Nusseibeh (left), OMGI's Julian Ide (centre) and Rathbones' Julian Chillingworth for their view from the top

Fund boutique Alquity has launched a concentrated emerging market equity fund investing in stocks that meet its responsible investment criteria.

Are active funds still worth the effort?