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A number of wealth managers have privately warned fund groups they will be less inclined to recommend funds which give preferential prices to the biggest distributors in the market, Investment Week understands.

UK equity income funds are nearing single stock limits on key holdings, causing concentration risk fears to mount, but which funds are taking the biggest bets?

Morningstar has voiced concerns about the lack of succession planning in the funds industry and the reluctance of groups to hand over large pots of money to young talent.

As the most popular emerging market equity funds are soft closing to stem inflows, wealth managers are being forced to look for alternatives beyond their usual top picks.

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The return of high-profile funds to the top of the performance charts is shaking up the UK equity rankings, just as the asset class returns to favour.

The number of assets in underperforming 'dog' funds has more than halved since last summer but over £12bn is still stuck in such offerings, according to Bestinvest's latest Spot the Dog list.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned venture capital trust (VCT) fundraising will halve next year, if the vehicles are not granted an exemption from the FSA's sales ban on unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to ordinary...

Nigel Parsons, a former investment director of Bestinvest, has pleaded guilty to offences including possessing indecent images of children, and voyeurism.

Adrian Lowcock has left Bestinvest to join Hargreaves Lansdown.