Ignis

Bond managers fear for gilts and sterling in the coming days and weeks as the markets react poorly to the reality of a hung parliament.

Ignis chief investment officer and board director Peter Reid is leaving to join Edinburgh Partners.

The Ignis-managed £979m UK Commercial Property trust is trying to merge with F&C Commercial Property trust to create one of the biggest vehicles in the sector.

Chris Bowie has moved a third of the £290m Ignis Corporate Bond into defensive fixed income instruments on renewed concerns for the domestic and global economy.

Cherry Reynard looks at what the future holds for absolute return funds.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is now a safer investment than the ‘risk free' US Government.

Small-cap IPOs have been very competitively valued according to the Ignis Smaller Companies fund manager

Skandia's UK Strategic Best Ideas fund has reached an all-time-high net market exposure following the removal of two mandates last month.

Managers are growing increasingly cautious on short-term commercial property markets, with Ignis the latest to warn investors of a potential drop in capital values.

Ignis has warned investors in its £510m UK Property fund to expect a short-term drop in capital values but believes returns will remain positive.