News

A Shariah-compliant Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) fund has been launched by Portillion Capital aimed at tapping into the "disenfranchised" UK Muslim investor base.

The chief executive of Puma Investments is confident the latest edition of the firm's VCT funds will match the £28m raised last year as investors continue to show an appetite for the company's asset-backed investment strategy.

Investec Wealth & Investment is to launch an online simplified advice service later this year and has appointed Jane Warren to oversee the launch.

The Wealth Management Association (WMA) is calling for an overhaul of the retail bond market in order to make it more accessible to wealth managers and their clients.

Morningstar has unveiled the winners of its annual 2015 UK Fund Awards, with First State and AXA IM among the groups winning accolades.

UK economic growth in the fourth quarter of last year was stronger than previously thought, according to the latest estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The board of the Schroder Real Estate investment trust is proposing to move the trust onshore and convert it to a REIT.

Alternative assets dominated investment trust fundraising in 2014, Winterflood figures show, as investors looked outside the mainstream for returns.

An ex-Legal & General (L&G) adviser has been jailed for five years after stealing close to half a million pounds from a vulnerable elderly couple.

Vanguard Asset Management is to expand its range of passive products for the retirement market after the introduction of pension freedoms detailed in this year's Budget.