F&C

As Alliance Trust reaches an uneasy truce with activist investor Elliott Advisors, Investment Week looks at previous attempts at boardroom coups, and how they ended.

F&C manager Michael Ulrich has quit the firm, with management of his UK equity funds passing to Tom Wilson.

Are boards too complacent?

European property is offering a safe haven to investors facing up to negative bond yields, said Alban Lhonneur, manager of the F&C Real Estate Securities fund.

What could wrong-foot investors?

Property managers have begun putting their funds' high cash positions into the market following a surge of inflows into the sector.

Fund managers reveal currency plays

Why do fund buyers limit exposure?

Levels of liquidity in the UK mid and small-cap space are again under scrutiny following Schroders' decision to overhaul two funds to guard against the problem.

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