Analysis

Firms look to move away from asset stripping image of 1980s to helping ailing firms meet full potential and boosting UK economy

Group enjoyed strong retail inflows over 2006, up 340%, year on year, with income and small-cap funds proving popular with intermediaries

A more benign inflationary outlook in the UK coupled with a more troubled world picture has eased pressure for a rise in interest rates while European equity income investing looks to have hit a sweet spot

Hartford Gold is a unit-linked investment bond which provides access to a wide range of funds from l...

Manager of Lowland believes simple aim of giving shareholders higher than average return plus income and capital growth lies behind success

Midas and Miton portfolios are heading Cautious Managed sector, although many traditional equity and bond products are also outperforming

Increasing diversity and lack of restrictions in sector under Ucits III render it irrelevant as a comparable peer group, industry figures claim

M&G UK Growth split into core and satellite portfolios, with the latter picked to reflect market themes such as commodities and self-help stories

Artemis High Income tops sector using 20% equity allowance to the full, while high-yield portfolios tend to dominate peer group over three years

Melchior European Opportunities sees slight improvement over three months, despite sitting at bottom of peer group over one and three years