Multi-asset managers have been hiking their cash weightings after a rocky start to the year for global equity markets.
Some of the UK's leading fund groups are understood to be holding talks about their relationships with intermediaries and other partners following the release of new FCA rules.
Investec is considering the sale of Kensington, its intermediary mortgage business in the UK, and has appointed Fenchurch Advisory to conduct the procedure.
Investec's top performing UK Smaller Companies manager Philip Rodrigs is to leave the company, Investment Week can reveal.
Investors are too fixated on tapering in the US and are leaving themselves overexposed to risks across equity markets, according to Investec's Alastair Mundy.
Investec Asset Management's John Stopford, manager of the Diversified Growth fund, outlines his five themes for investing for income in 2014, including a cheap dollar, inflation disappointment, and opportunities in EMD.