‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Industry calls for FCA consultation amid trust test-taking woes
Platforms requiring retail investors to undertake knowledge tests before buying certain trusts is bruising the already-ailing sector
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Head to head: It is time to reassess UK plc?
Alex Wright of Fidelity Special Situations and Sarasin & Partners’ Harveer Mata go head to head on the case for UK equities
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Neil Woodford: My investment principles didn’t change after leaving Invesco
Former fund manager said there is ‘much more to be revealed’ behind the story of WIM’s collapse
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CT Fund Watch: IA Japan houses the most consistently performing funds in first quarter
Overall number of funds with top-quartile returns over three consecutive 12-month periods falls marginally in Q1
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Will economic green shoots entice investors back to the UK market?
Value stocks and smaller companies could benefit from a UK equity revival
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Charles Schwab: Investors could return to the UK after the election
There is a ‘growing sense of optimism’ that the UK will prosper post-election
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IA fund universe suffers £2.7bn net outflows in February
All major asset classes suffered a second consecutive month of net withdrawals
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Calastone: UK investors ditch home market for US equities at record rate
Net inflows to North American funds were higher over the last four months than in the previous nine years combined
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Orbis and Schroder funds added to Scopic Multi Asset Research Service
Orbis Oeic Global Cautious fund and the Schroder Global Multi Asset Portfolio
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IG Group: Geopolitics top concern for UK investors
Recession and inflation are still concerns, but less so than six months ago
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Bank of England holds interest rates steady at 5.25%
Eight of the nine MPC members voted to pause, while one favoured a 25bps cut
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Is UK inflation is ‘finally coming to heel’? CPI data falls to 3.4% for February
Figures published one day before the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting