Equities

F&C Investments has cut the annual management charge (AMC) across its £385m Lifestyle range, run by co-heads of multi-manager Gary Potter and Rob Burdett.

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Investec Asset Management managing director David Aird on the risks of ‘off-the-shelf' risk-rated funds...

Jupiter chief investment officer John Chatfeild-Roberts has outlined the shape of his Merlin Conservative portfolio, which will launch later this month, marking the fifth edition to his £7bn strong fund of funds range.

Investors are being forced to take on more risk as inflation continues to stay above the Bank of England's 2% target, experts said.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has promoted Mikhail Zverev to the role of head of global equities.

Five years on from the credit crunch which sent global stock markets into disarray and ruined many banks around the globe, including Northern Rock in the UK, the landscape for investors has changed considerably.

The Treasury was too slow in nationalising Northern Rock during the height of the financial crisis, one of its top civil servants has said.

Apple, the world's largest company, saw its shares break through $700 for the first time ever overnight after it revealed it had received a huge number of pre-orders for the new iPhone.

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