Equities

Fund buyers have said they are increasingly turning towards more specialist funds as they seek alternative sources of yield and/or uncorrelated returns in anticipation of more rocky markets in 2018.

Biggest monthly fall in sentiment since 2013

Time for contrarian approach

Focus on 2018

'Bulls silenced but not defeated'

Losses from global and UK teams

IA data

Global version of UK special sits fund

Industry reacts to landmark arrangement

We're nearly nine years into the current bull market. Alex Wright explains why now might be the time, against mounting pressures of higher inflation and interest rates, for value investors to start to look at which stocks offer absolute value.