ETF Securities has launched a service allowing asset and wealth managers to build and launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and ETF platforms.

Asian stocks have soared, led by Japan's Nikkei, as investor confidence was boosted by Tokyo winning the race to host the 2020 Olympics.

Richard Romer-Lee and Nigel Whittingham have revealed details of their new consultancy business, nearly a year after the pair left Morningstar OBSR last October.

Star manager Richard Buxton has listed seven key things he has learnt since starting his career in fund management.

BlackRock is set to soft-close its £1.96bn European Dynamic fund, run by Alister Hibbert, while its European Absolute Alpha fund will be capped at £100m.

Canada Life Investments has hired Nigel Kennett from Nomura International as senior fund manager on the UK equities desk.

Multi-asset managers have revealed their strategies as tensions mount in Syria and policy issues resurface in the US.

Fears over US monetary tightening, rate hikes, and recession triggered the 1987 stock market crash, and there are parallels with today's market environment, according to Société Générale's Albert Edwards.

Gold has climbed above the $1,400 per ounce mark for the first time since June, re-entering a bull market as disappointing US data and worries over Syria push investors into safe havens.

US investors are taking profits in outperforming sectors such as healthcare and revisiting technology names, viewing them as a dividend play for the first time.