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Robin Minter-Kemp, former director of investment funds at Cazenove Capital, has joined Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) as a non-executive director.

Henderson's Chris Burvill is buying AstraZeneca, among other firms, in a move to benefit from merger and acquisition speculation.

Is subordinated debt worth the risk?

With the banking sector reporting mixed first quarter results, which groups are still worth holding on to?

HSBC Global Asset Management and Lloyd George Management have soft-closed their popular frontier markets strategies as the asset class sees a surge in inflows, Investment Week can reveal.

Invesco Perpetual's Martin Walker tells Dan Jones why now is the time to stick with insurers, and how the rich pickings across the equity market have dried up somewhat.

UK EQUITIES

Neil Veitch is rotating his SVM UK Opportunities fund from domestic to international stocks, in the view optimism around the UK recovery has peaked and left sterling looking vulnerable versus the US dollar.

Last week Investment Week held its Senate Investment Conference, encompassing 11 top speakers from leading asset managers who presented over the course of the two-day event.

The FTSE 100 reached a 14-year high yesterday while the S&P 500 hit a new record level, lifted by M&A activity.