Equities

Liontrust's Gary West has retired from fund management after 26 years in the industry, Investment Week can reveal.

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

Old Mutual Global Investors' Richard Buxton has warned five major trends could affect the global economy throughout September and October.

SECTOR REPORT

Europe's insurers spent as much as €9bn keeping pace with a barrage of regulatory changes imposed on the industry in the years following the financial crisis, according to a report by Deloitte.

Gold funds were standout winners in August as investors' appetite for risk waned amid concerns of a tapering of monetary stimulus in the US and potential military action in Syria.

Morningstar OBSR has downgraded the Fidelity Special Situations fund rating from silver to neutral following the announcement that Sanjeev Shah will be stepping down as manager.

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.

Sanjeev Shah is to step down as manager of Fidelity Special Situations at the end of 2013, while colleague Allan Liu is to step back from the group's UK-domiciled Fidelity South East Asia fund.

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