Woodford Investment Management

A hike in the base rate of as little as 0.25% would have a much greater impact on the disposable incomes of highly indebted consumers, potentially threatening the UK's recovery, Neil Woodford has said.

A tough economic backdrop, no performance track record, or a lack of clout when it comes to distribution can all hamper a fund launch these days, but thirty years ago the challenges were very different.

As the offer period on Neil Woodford's new fund comes to an end, Investment Week asks what he needs to do to beat the most successful launches ever.

The wait is over

Woodford Investment Management, the new fund group set up by veteran fund manager Neil Woodford, is set to back the flotation of breakdown recovery service the AA.

Invesco Perpetual's co-head of fixed interest Paul Read has said he expects the UK's base rate to rise in the first quarter of next year, in contrast to the forecast of his former colleague Neil Woodford.

Neil Woodford has been handed a mandate on Skandia's WealthSelect range, likely in the region of hundreds of millions of pounds, and the platform will be able to access the manager's 65bps share class.

Neil Woodford is considering opening talks with his former firm Invesco Perpetual about a private multi-billion pound deal to bring across his old stakes in the country's largest stocks, and avoid creating havoc in their share prices.

Hargreaves Lansdown is to transfer more than £400m of multi-manager assets from Mark Barnett's Invesco Perpetual income funds to Neil Woodford's new UK equity income offering.

‘I am more cautious on UK growth than the crowded consensus’