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Fund selectors have revealed the difficulties in allocating to Asia and emerging markets as some of the most popular retail funds close their doors to new investors.

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The publication of John Kay's government-backed review into UK equity markets earlier this week has brought the issue of short-termism back into the spotlight.

Schroders' Richard Buxton has revealed his best and worst stock ideas over the last ten years, as he marks a decade at the helm of the £2.7bn UK Alpha Plus fund.

Research from Nomura and data produced by Morningstar for Investment Week challenge the view concentrated equity portfolios are riskier propositions in volatile markets.

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.

Morningstar OBSR investment research analyst Richard Whitehall looks at which UK All Companies funds have managed to overcome the recent turbulent market conditions.

The IMA has put forward three proposals to member groups on how to divide up the Absolute Return sector.

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