F&C

Where has all the inflation gone?

BlackRock is set to replace F&C as manager of the British Assets trust after the company's board proposed a change of objective in order to target pension savers.

Investors using direct to consumer platforms are now among the largest shareholders in investment trusts, as a post-RDR revival for the sector gets underway.

F&C multi-manager Rob Burdett has warned mainstream property funds are holding too much cash following a surge in inflows, making the sector unattractive.

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Small-cap rethink

Liontrust Asset Management has hired James Beddall from F&C Investments as co-head of international sales.

Which European stocks are bucking the dividend slowdown?   

F&C is in discussions with the IMA to add its Real Estate Securities and Real Estate Equity Long/Short funds to the IMA Property and Absolute Return sectors sectors respectively.

Private equity firm Electra has rebuffed activist investor Edward Bramson's attempt to become a director.