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Investors are again warming to Japanese equities due to cheap valuations, a shake-up in the domestic investment market, and rising inflation.

The average strategic bond fund now holds less than half its assets in the UK, as managers "starved" of opportunities rotate into Europe, the US, and emerging market debt.

QUICKFIRE Q&A

Richard Buxton and Philip Matthews have both slipped into the bottom quartile of the UK All Companies sector on a six-month view following their moves to Old Mutual and Schroders respectively.

The UK Equity Income sector's total return outstripped other income-focused offerings in the last year, easily surpassing Asian, European and global equity market products. Does that make now a good time to switch?

UK EQUITIES

THE BIG QUESTION

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is facing calls for his resignation after the regulator made an "extraordinary blunder" that hit insurers' share prices, according to reports.

The last week has been one of major upheaval in the world of pensions, after George Osborne's latest Budget removed the requirement to buy an annuity, and the FCA then said it was preparing to probe closed life books. But which shares within the sector...

Shares in Resolution and peers tumbled today following reports the FCA is to probe 30 million legacy insurance policies.