F&C Asset Management has reported a £1.5bn net outflow for the first quarter of 2013 as strategic partner withdrawals offset improved retail flows.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has named the top 20 performing and most consistent investment companies over the past decade.

F&C Investments' Jeremy Tigue has taken UK exposure in his £2.6bn Foreign & Colonial investment trust to a 30-year low on fears the UK is lagging behind other markets in the dividend stakes.

First State Investments' Angus Tulloch and Jonathan Asante have both been adding to resources stocks in recent weeks across their GEM portfolios, following the sharp pullback in the gold spot price and the valuations of a number of miners.

The Liontrust Income fund, headed up by Gary West and James Inglis-Jones, has reversed its focus on the UK in favour of a global mandate to tap into a larger universe of dividend paying stocks.

Veteran investor Warren Buffett has told investors Ben Bernanke's interest rate policy has been "brutal" for holders of bonds and punishing to savers.

The IMA has decided not to modify its sector rules governing fixed income funds' currency exposure, Investment Week understands.

The Absolute Return sector has topped the IMA's monthly sales charts for March, posting its best monthly net sales since December 2009.

Edward Bramson's investment vehicle Sherborne has lifted its stake in 3i to 5%, five months on from first building a position in the private equity firm.

F&C Investments is planning to launch a global small-cap equity fund for Catherine Stanley next month, filling a gap in its smaller companies product range.