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Equity funds experienced their highest ever outflows of retail money in November as investors pulled out their cash in droves amid the ongoing eurozone crisis.

Fund launches reached a decade low last year as groups held back new products in the face of market volatility.

The financial services industry is awash with contentious issues and also has its fair share of big personalities with strong opinions - a toxic cocktail often fuelling debate and disagreement.

Ian Lowes of structuredproductreview.com matches a portfolio of five SPs against a proxy tracker and says the result provides an interesting perspective on the value of structures

IMA chief executive Richard Saunders says media reports about fund manager fees are misleading and irresponsible.

IMA chief Richard Saunders has branded some media reports about fund manager fees as irresponsible.

Nick Blake, head of retail sales at Vanguard Asset Management, on whether we have reached a tipping point on fund costs.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) consulted just four IFAs about the overhaul of its Managed sector model.

The IMA is changing the Managed sectors to fall into line with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) fund categories.

The IMA will create a Global Equity Income sector with effect from 1 January 2012 and is looking at a European Equity Income sector.