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Investing in the equity income sector offers a compelling way for investors to participate in the emerging trends of positive corporate cashflow and improving earnings momentum, says Karen Robertson of Standard Life Investments.

Japan Growth fund to redenominate allowing shares to be included in FTSE All Share

Fidelity's Shah ups exposure to mid-cap stocks as annualised tracking error reaches highest point since 2004

Standard Life Investments' decision to roll out a UK Equity Recovery fund last year proved to be almost perfect, with the vehicle launching on almost the exact point of the FTSE All Share's six-year low.

Manager sees little interest to be earned from cash, believing buybacks would be more beneficial to investors

After last year's relatively poor showing, 2010 should prove to be a more rewarding time for equity income investors

Gartmore's Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg have delivered returns of more than 10% since launching the European Absolute Return fund a year ago.

During periods of sharp recovery, investors seek out companies that share a combination of characteristics including poor relative returns in the market decline, attractiveness on stable measures of value such as book-to-price and high financial and operational...

UK insurer Standard Life leads the gains this morning despite reporting a fall in life and pensions sales in 2009.

At the start of 2009 markets were in freefall, there were concerns about financial and economic meltdown and the last place you wanted exposure to was smaller companies with their higher risk and greater exposure to the domestic economy.