Invesco Perpetual

British defence giant BAE has started a three-year share buyback programme of up to £1bn, despite reporting declines in full year pre-tax profits and revenues.

Invesco Perpetual's Paul Causer and Paul Read have been boosting exposure to equities, taking the view the strong rally in financial bonds will cool in 2013.

Neil Woodford, manager of Invesco Perpetual's £20bn Income funds, believes AstraZeneca is finally turning a corner after a difficult 2012.

Investors in some of the UK's worst funds have been urged to dump ten serial underperformers from their portfolios in a study by Chelsea Financial Services.

Investment trust sector sees an increase in number of boards implementing discount control mechanisms.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has sold his position in Voadafone, a former favourite in his two behemoth income funds.

Neil Woodford's giant income portfolios, two of the best performers over the past decade, have been given a ‘sell' rating in Sanlam Private Investments' (SPI) latest White List Income Study.

The manager of the best performing fund over the last decade has revealed some of the stock picks which fuelled the 868% return it produced over that timeframe.

Skandia has stepped up the pressure on peers in the platform space after moving to undercut competitors on key funds including Neil Woodford's Invesco Perpetual Income and High Income funds.

Invesco Perpetual has hired David Bower as head of marketing for the EMEA region, after Rick White's marketing role was made redundant in November.