IMA

Marlborough manager takes £34m fixed interest vehicle to top of peer group over one year

Over the last few weeks I have been spending a lot of time leafing through the details of the IMA's annual industry surveys in search of some big new trends.

With fund flows recently seeing a recovery, the trend in UK stock markets has seen home investors shifting their bias into emerging markets. Is this just a drop in the ocean or the start of torrential investment downpour?

Pothier-managed HSBC fund is eighth out of 86 vehicles in peer group over three years

New Star High Yield Bond manager says bottom-up approach clouds bigger picture

Last week's statistics from the Investment Managers' Association, which saw property funds attract the largest allocations, are as clear an indication as you could wish for that investors have now largely moved away from fear and are ready to embrace...

Positive net retail sales over seven consecutive months show investors are shifting back towards sector

The IMA has created a centralised repository for Fund Processing Passports (FPP) which will allow distributors and institutional investors to access the information they need to buy and sell fund units without having to contact the fund manager.

Property was the top selling net retail sector for the first time in over two years in October, as Corporate Bonds slumped to a net outflow.

IMA Europe excluding UK sector up 32.1% over past 12 months as recent government stimulus and low interest rates finally take effect