Alliance Trust

Alliance Trust's head of equities, Peter Michaelis, said an increased focus on sustainability has driven a number of significant changes to the group's £2.5bn flagship global trust over recent months.

Gregor Stewart, a former FD of Lloyds Banking Group's insurance division, has joined Alliance Trust as a non-executive director.

Investors are calling for more control over ETF trades executed on fund platforms, many of which are incapable of hosting the vehicles or are currently unable to offer real time trading.

Investors wishing to move from direct-to-consumer to adviser platforms face "punitive" exit fees, according to analysis by the lang cat.

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Alliance Trust's head of equities Ilario di Bon has left the group to pursue other opportunities.