M&G

Why, when it comes to fund size, bigger is rarely better

Dream team: Advisers pick their ideal investment squad

Insurer Prudential's UK life business has posted a 10% rise in operating profits as sales switched from annuities to income drawdown, its interim results have shown.

M&G has reported net retail outflows of £516m across its UK business in the first half of 2014, even as its European retail business continues to attract major interest.

Rate rises: Are strat bonds the key to protecting portfolios?

Prudential's Williams: Fund objectives must keep the investor in mind

Missing out: Are investors paying too much for certainty?

Prudential has become the latest life company to report severely hit annuity sales in the wake of radical reforms to how people can access their pension.

Super clean and others; why fund groups took different approaches to passing on cheaper costs

Standard Life has secured discounts from 12 external fund groups across 291 clean funds, equivalent to an average AMC discount of 13bps.