Equity funds regained their position as best-sellers in the UK market in April, according to the latest figures from the Investment Management Association (IMA.

Kames Capital has promoted Claire McGuckin to co-manager of the Kames High Yield Global Bond Fund to ease the burden on the existing team.

Conditions for the US housing market have never been better, according to US-based investment banking and brokerage company, Charles Schwab.

Henderson Global Investors' £12.7bn property business has appointed Tony He as director of property for its Chinese consultancy.

Psigma has dodged today's Japanese equity sell-off after the firm's CIO Tom Becket told its investment managers to reduce exposure earlier this week amid fears a pullback was imminent.

JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon survived a protest vote at the firm's annual shareholder meeting yesterday, which may have stripped him of his role as chairman.

T. Rowe Price has hired Arif Husain, director of European fixed income and UK and portfolio management at AllianceBernstein, as its new head of international fixed income.