DFM

Last night Incisive Media held its Gold Standard Awards at the House of Commons, recognising those firms in the financial services industry with the highest standards of governance and social responsibility.

STRUCTURED PRODUCTS

Charles Hepworth, investment director in charge of the DFM proposition at GAM, is selling his stake in Standard Life Investments' Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund on size concerns.

Charles Hepworth, investment director in charge of the DFM proposition at GAM, has revealed five new additions and fund switches in the group's model portfolios.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

DFMs

Barclays' wealth division has closed its discretionary fund management service to advised clients with less than £250,000 of investable assets.

New research has revealed DFM's are giving fund managers less than a year to perform before ditching them, but is this far too short a time period?

CONTRARIAN

No-one likes a party pooper, but could someone please explain to this bemused contrarian why equity investors have suddenly become so optimistic?