Alliance Trust Investments (ATI) is to launch two new funds for its ethical risk-rated range.
Should investors care if their stocks are ethical?
Evan Bruce-Gardyne, director of investor relations at Alliance Trust says, in time, the Retail Distribution Review will help encourage investors to look at the wider picture before committing capital to a fund.
BlackRock has warned of ‘major risks' to the UK and Scotland if Scots vote for independence in September's planned referendum.
Alliance Trust has begun to implement plans to relocate parts of the business to England, amid growing uncertainty caused by the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence.
Aggressive activist investors can be good for trusts - up to a point.
Activist US hedge fund Elliott Associates has upped its stake in F&C to 11% ahead of the asset manager's planned £708m takeover by Canada's BMO.