Equities

Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer at Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited, says the months ahead will be a mixed tale for earnings and outlooks.

Hargreaves Lansdown has removed the UBS UK Smaller Companies fund from its Wealth 150 recommendation list.

Skandia Investment Group's James Millard believes the recovery in equity markets will continue for the next few months and favours Asian stocks over the UK and Europe.

Ashutosh Kumar says that for every voice of optimism in the UK All Companies sector, there is a counter-balancing note of pessimism

Aviva Investors is considering the launch of a European Equity fund for UK investors.

The final definition for the IMA Equity Income and Growth sector has recieved a welcome from asset managers who are saying it will provide investors with greater clarity.

Two of Neil Woodford's Invesco Perpetual funds are among 17 portfolios that will shift to the IMA's new UK Equity Income and Growth sector.

Arc Capital & Income plc (ACI) has issued the latest tranche of its bull and bear plan, which can benefit from both the upside and the downside of the FTSE 100.

LV= Asset Management (LVAM) is continuing its drive into the retail sector, launching its first UK Equity fund.