Equities

With low interest rates and an ever increasing number of investors nearing retirement, income products are in high demand...

Simon Brazier, manager of the £553.5m Schroder UK Equity fund, is leaving the firm to take a senior position at another asset management company.

Legal & General Investment Management equity strategist Georgina Taylor gives her view on what's in store for equities worldwide.

Gartmore has confirmed it intends to float on the London Stock Exchange next month.

Question: Equity Income Funds have suffered over the past year thanks to the dividends cut by UK companies. What assurances can the panel give me that Equities have ridden out the storm and are once again an attractive alternatives to over sea funds?...

Question: FTSE All-Share Index funds look more attractive to me…..go on, tell me how the UK Equity Fund market can out perform!

Question: Should I be using Fund of Funds to invest in Equities?

Question: Could the panel give me an overall idea on what they determine an Equity fund to be? I have been faced with various alternative descriptions over the years! Are they still classed as a ‘mutual fund'?

The Church of England has refuted media reports that its pension scheme had succumbed to the "cult of equity" after investing all its assets in equities in the late 90s.

Question: UK Equities is a rather broad subject matter….What current equity funds do the panel suggest as an attractive proposition for a new investor?