GARS

Global macro funds could receive a performance boost following a difficult year, as divergent central bank policies create a favourable environment for top-down investing, according to GAM's Charles Hepworth.

The UK retail version of Standard Life Investments' flagship Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has reached £25bn in assets for the first time.

Invesco Perpetual has boosted its Global Targeted Returns team as assets in the UK-based strategy top £1bn, 18 months after launch.

Standard Life Investments' GARS team have outlined their key themes and strategies as the £20bn fund positions for the year ahead.

City Financial's Gill Hutchison and Peter Toogood discuss the commodification of fund management and its implications for the industry, and outline their fund selection process.

South-African firm Fundhouse has launched a fund ratings service for UK financial advisers, offering what it says are wholly unbiased and impartial comments on well-known funds.

Standard Life Investments' Louise Kay is to join Aviva Investors as global head of sales, as Euan Munro poaches another former SLI colleague.

Aberdeen Asset Management's CIO and Standard Life Investments' head of global strategy are among those to have been recognised in the 2015 New Year honours list.

This year has been a difficult one for many active funds, but, as ever, a select group of portfolios continue to be backed en masse by buyers looking to deliver outperformance for clients.

Aviva Investors has launched an income-focused multi-strategy fund, the second in its range of multi-asset products to rival GARS.