Invesco Perpetual

A leading equity manager warning on equity markets, the overhaul of the IMA's Absolute Return sector and Skandia's latest plans all made our top ten list of the most read stories last week.

Neil Woodford, manager of Invesco Perpetual's £20bn Income fund range, has become more cautious on UK equities after a strong six-month showing from the FTSE 100.

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.