UK Smaller Companies trusts were among the best performers last month, after the political uncertainty of the general election subsided.
Sanditon has launched a new UK fund for Julie Dean, nine months after she left Schroders to join the firm.
Mismatched timeframes across the investment industry are leading managers to obsess over equity volatility according to James Budden, director of retail marketing and distribution at Baillie Gifford
Investors' unease over the general election has been blamed for discounts on several UK equity investment trusts reaching their widest point in 12 months.
'I have to prove I am credible in UK All Companies'
Fidelity's Leigh Himsworth is investing in wealth management companies as a key theme within his UK Opportunities fund, in the hope M&A and pension reforms will boost the sector.
Investec Asset Management's Simon Brazier has warned investors on the higher volatility likely to be experienced in 2015, pointing to a backdrop similar to the year in which Lehman Brothers collapsed.
Neptune is replacing the outgoing manager of the £66m UK Opportunities fund with its head of UK equities Mark Martin as it continues to restructure its fund range.
Charlie Long and Nick Judge boosted the performance of the £304m GLG UK Select fund in 2014, after a rocky second quarter forced them to review the fund's risk management processes.
Investors sold out of the UK All Companies sector in November, with the sector returning to net outflows after a brief spell of inflows the previous month.