Fidelity

Fidelity Worldwide Investment's Anthony Bolton has revealed the three pillars of a stock-picking process which helped him become one of the most successful fund managers the country has ever seen.

Anthony Bolton's successor Dale Nicholls has revealed how he plans to make his own impression on the Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust when he takes over on 1 April next year.

Macro data was at the forefront of investors' minds this week, after a surprise drop in UK inflation sent the pound lower.

Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust has jumped up the performance charts after a stellar year which saw it return three times its benchmark index.

FUND MANAGER FOCUS

ON UK GROWTH

BP and Royal Dutch Shell produced mixed results last week, but top managers are returning to the beaten-up oil majors, predicting a focus on shareholder returns instead of "growth at any cost".

THE BIG QUESTION

Aberdeen Asset Management has confirmed rumours it is in talks to buy Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) in a deal which would make it the largest listed fund management firm in Europe.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has expanded its range of multi-asset income funds with two new fund launches for Eugene Philalithis and Nick Peters.