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The board of the Schroder Oriental Income investment trust, managed by Asian specialist Matthew Dobbs, is considering issuing C-shares to meet investor demand.

Colin Graham, BlackRock's co-head of global multi-asset strategies, is stepping down from his position at the firm after sixteen years of service.

The largest equity markets in the US have reached new record highs after an uptick in manufacturing data boosted investor sentiment.

Ashcourt Rowan's new head of funds research has moved to counter dwindling bond market liquidity by adding funds with "more stable" asset bases to the group's buy list.

The senior executives of collapsed bank HBOS will come under fire from MPs on Thursday with the publication of a damning report on the failed bank.

Three top-performing UK equity funds run by merging fund houses Schroders and Cazenove Capital are close to reaching capacity.

Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Prudential, is in line for a £7m share jackpot despite receiving a personal rebuke last week from City regulators.

UBS Global Asset Management is launching the UBS Sterling Corporate Bond Indexed fund, its first passive fixed income fund for the UK wholesale market.

David Nish, the chief executive of Standard Life, saw his remuneration hit £5m last year, up from about £2.5m in 2011.

Equity funds saw their highest net retail sales for nearly two years in February, the Investment Management Association (IMA) said today, with net inflows of nearly £1bn.