Legal and General

Simon Ellis, managing director of Legal & General Investments, outlines his views on the future of categorising absolute return funds.

A number of fund providers are supporting the split of the Absolute Return sector into sub-categories based on strategy, which could see many vehicles in the Unclassified and Specialist sectors moved into the new groupings.

Simon Ellis, managing director at Legal & General Investments, explains why investors are wrong to view index funds purely as capital growth plays.

Leading fund managers are divided over whether investors should participate in equity markets if central banks across Europe provide a further round of stimulus.

Leading asset managers are calling for drastic changes to the way the IMA operates, with some arguing the trade body should no longer be responsible for sector names or definitions.

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Claire McGuckin has joined Kames Capital's fixed income team as an investment manager working alongside Phil Miburn.

A move out of safe-haven assets has seen government bond yields spike, but Tim Gardner, co-manager of Legal & General's Multi-manager fund range, says they should not be dismissed just yet.

Over the past two decades the FTSE All Share has beaten the majority of funds in the IMA UK All Companies sector, adding weight to the view the funds industry is in dire need of consolidation ahead of RDR.