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Nichola Pease, formerly CEO at JO Hambro Capital Management, will join the board of Schroders as a non-executive director next month.

John Kay has released his final report on the UK financial services sector, calling for investors to rethink their approach to portfolio construction and risk management.

There has been a 187% increase in the amount of money sitting in underperforming dog funds this year to £26.5bn, Bestinvest's latest "Spot the dog" list has revealed.

Investors have had to reassess their strategies to stand out from peers in recent months, as range-bound markets play havoc with long-held approaches.

Schroders has launched three emerging market debt funds to be managed by recently recruited co-heads of fixed income James Barrineau and Rajeev de Mello.

Leading fund managers including Richard Buxton at Schroders have been increasing their exposure to major UK banks following the LIBOR scandal which has rocked the sector.

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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.

Schroders' head of UK equities Richard Buxton bought more Barclays shares the day chief executive Bob Diamond quit, he has revealed.

M&G's Richard Woolnough said the possibility of another £375bn in asset purchases by the Bank of England means gilt yields could remain at record lows for years to come.