Morningstar

Wealth managers who only have limited contact with the regulator should be wary of staying below the radar and ought to make efforts to contact the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), consultant Richard Scrivener from regulation specialist Bovill has advised....

Morningstar has launched a managed portfolio service for advisers, offering access to five risk/reward profiles.

Dalton SP's Nabeel Mughal has cut consumer discretionary stocks and piled the cash into industrials on fears over the strength of US consumer spending.

Investec's Alastair Mundy has moved a significant portion of his £2.5bn Cautious Managed fund into gold bullion for the first time following savage price falls for the precious metal.

UK equity income fund managers have cautioned sterling's steep decline could harm the sector's returns later this year as imported inflation floods into the market.

Stuart Rhodes has moved to quell fears his M&G Global Dividend fund's performance could become compromised if assets continue to flood in to the portfolio.

Morningstar has named the ten most popular investment trusts investors paid close attention to during Q1.

Investors have shown more interest in emerging market funds than any other asset class in Q1, according to Morningstar.

ITs

Morningstar has voiced concerns about the lack of succession planning in the funds industry and the reluctance of groups to hand over large pots of money to young talent.