Retail fund sales last year were at their highest level since 2010, according to the latest figures from the Investment Association (IA).
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The precipitous decline in the oil price has continued, with a further slump in Brent crude seeing it trade below $50 for the first time in more than five years.
Architas has launched a fund of funds designed to offer investors exposure to alternative asset classes such as infrastructure and forestry.
The price of Brent crude oil has fallen another 8% to $71 per barrel after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided not to cut output on Thursday.
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EEA Group, the company behind the EEA Life Settlements fund, is urging investors who believe they were mis-sold the product to complain to the intermediaries who arranged the sale, following an alert by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).