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For anyone involved in the manufacture, distribution and advice of investment funds, the latest set of statistics from the IMA make very welcome reading a month into the new decade and potentially point to a new era for the industry.

King and Saunders celebrate one year of outperformance

James Smith's Ignis Global Growth fund tops IMA Global Growth sector over one year with returns of 50.7%, against 21.3% sector average

The IMA is calling for the introduction of a new type of fund structure it says will send out a "strong signal" the UK is serious about providing cross-border funds, ahead of the introduction of the new UCITs IV Directive.

Net retail sales reached their highest level on record in 2009, up 45% on their previous best performance, according to the IMA.

Global Equity Income manager reaches first anniversary at helm with expected yield of 4.19%

Smaller companies sector has significantly outperformed other IMA European fund sectors over past 12 months

As the debate between passive vs active investing continues to divide opinion, a fine balance exists between the two, wherein it is possible to get a passive underlay with an active overlay. In such precarious times, balance is everything

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

Fund distribution has changed dramatically in the last 15 years and with the RDR, just one of many things shaking up the industry, the rate of change can only accelerate, says Kira Nickerson, former editor of Investment Week