Liontrust

Liontrust is to launch an offshore version of its popular Special Situations unit trust early next month.

Top UK equity income managers have been cutting their weighting in tobacco stocks as concerns over earnings momentum and new rules on plain packaging put pressure on share prices.

Liontrust Asset Management's James Inglis-Jones have revealed some of the key long and short positions they have in European stocks, which are driving the European Absolute Alpha fund.

Liontrust is proposing to merge the Macro UK High Alpha fund into its Macro UK Growth fund due to the "sub-optimal" size of the high alpha vehicle.

Concentration risk in the UK equity income sector is a well-versed issue, but how can wealth managers find a way around the problem? Katie Holliday reports.

Fund groups are preparing for a price war in the first quarter of next year as they overhaul their charging structures ahead of RDR.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Fidelity Worldwide Investment is planning to launch an Asian Dividend fund as it moves to compete with rivals such as Newton in this increasingly popular space.

Now is the time for income-seeking investors to look at UK banks again, ahead of their return to the dividend register, said Schroders' Nick Kirrage.

Our top ten best read stories this week included warnings about outsourcing and the power of distributors post-RDR, as well as a more light-hearted look at Crispin Odey's very happy chickens. What did you miss?