Neil Woodford

BlackRock pipped Woodford Investment Management to be the top-selling fund group of 2014, in large part due to the popularity of its index funds, according to the latest Pridham Report.

Woodford Investment Management (WIM) is seeking to raise an initial £200m for the launch of the Woodford Patient Capital investment trust, a portfolio of 50-100 quoted and unquoted businesses.

This year has been a difficult one for many active funds, but, as ever, a select group of portfolios continue to be backed en masse by buyers looking to deliver outperformance for clients.

How will FCA restructure impact boutiques?

Aviva has written to advisers outlining its views on the challenges facing Mark Barnett, following a review of how he runs funds previously managed by Neil Woodford.

Woodford Investment Management has brought in a new head of operations after the departure of two senior executives less than a year after the business launched.

Banking stocks have underperformed at a time when they should be considered a prime investment. Instead, pseudo-banks are emerging as the real game-changers, says Walker Crips' Chris Kitchenham

FE's Joshua Ausden scours the marketplace for the best hidden gem funds for your portfolios.

A volatile year ahead for investors

Neil Woodford, private equity investor Jon Moulton and former Goldman Sachs Asset Management chair Jim O'Neill are among those to have backed digital bank Atom ahead of its 2015 launch.