BlackRock

Market expectations benign, says Wharrier

Amid the rise of unconstrained fixed income funds and index strategies, it is easy to forget benchmark-relative, active fixed income mutual funds remain popular with investors - and with good reason.

Fund meets demand for alternatives

Changes made at annual meeting

Products added to smart beta offering

Only a third posted positive returns

Firm targets 'mass affluent' through technology

Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock, examines which equity styles could thrive in the current turbulent market environment.

As the alternative investment market reaches its 20th anniversary this week, managers highlight some of the most impressive company successes - as well as the major failures on the junior market - over the past two decades.

BlackRock has appointed Tom Holl as co-manager on Evy Hambro's £664m Gold & General fund.