UK equities

Octopus Investments has unveiled a new suite of four multi-manager funds, launched as standalone vehicles and as the building blocks for its new risk-based discretionary service.

British investors are currently battling between two conflicting forces.

Both government and short-dated corporate bond yields have hit new lows against a backdrop of rising equity markets.

Nine out of ten advisers warn investors are over-exposed to UK equities and could be hit in the coming months as the current market rally starts to falter, according to research by Ignis Asset Management.

UK stock markets are vulnerable to a major correction should banks suddenly sell the equities they have been hoarding with Government bailout money, Moonraker's Jeremy Charlesworth says.

Gilliat has unveiled the inaugural product in its Lock-In Growth Series offering five-year returns of up to 34.5%.

Neptune UK Equity manager combines 15-year stockpicking experience with group's top-down process to achieve consistent outperformance

It has been a difficult year for UK equity income funds. Since the spring, markets have made a significant comeback, while some conditions are improving the environment is still not normal.

When there are significant changes in dividend trends, it is important to understand the practices FTSE applies to determine the annual dividend of a share following a declared interim dividend

AXA Distribution managers Marwood and Walsh give the outlook for equity and bond markets