Investment

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.

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Fidelity Worldwide Investment has overhauled the remit of Peter Khan and Ian Spreadbury's Global High Yield fund in order to diversify away from the US and increase exposure to emerging markets.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shares were among the top risers this morning after it confirmed it will move its operations to London should Scotland vote to become independent.

Threadneedle's Richard Stevens is to leave the firm at the end of the month, handing over his trio of government bond funds to other members of his team, Investment Week can reveal.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Richard Buxton has highlighted a series of global shocks which could hit equity markets over the next few months as investors return from their seasonal breaks.

Taking 2013 as a whole, emerging markets fell by 4.4% at a time when the MSCI Frontier Markets index rose by an impressive 23.6% (in sterling, net total return).