Equities

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Alistair Mawdsley, managing director of Connaught Asset Management, explains what the FSA review of unregulated collective investment schemes needs to accomplish.

UK markets were firmer today, reaching new highs for 2012 as investors went to risk-on mode, despite the threat of a stand-off between Greece and its bondholders.

Asia fund managers have warned China’s economy faces a series of challenges despite its meteoric rise to global superpower status.

Philip Saunders and Max King from the Investec Global multi-asset team give their predictions for the year ahead.

The art market posted stellar returns in 2011, with the Mei Moses All Art index returning 11%, outpacing leading equity indices.

Discretionary fund manager Saltus has launched a global equity fund in an extension of its IFA-focused offering.

Mark Barnett, manager of the Invesco Perpetual UK Strategic Income fund, on why investors should not dismiss the out-of-favour UK equity market.

As George Osborne reveals the Office for Budget Responsibility has revised down growth forecasts in the UK and government borrowing is moved higher, fund managers and economists give their view on 2011's Autumn Statement.

The IMA will create a Global Equity Income sector with effect from 1 January 2012 and is looking at a European Equity Income sector.