Global Equity Income

Old Mutual Global Investors(OMGI) is changing Josh Crabb's Asian Equity fund into an income strategy in response to client demand.

Old Mutual Global Investors is to launch an offshore Global Equity Income fund for head of global equities Ian Heslop.

Polar Capital has added a second European Income fund to its range due to investor demand for a product that excludes UK stocks.

FE's Joshua Ausden outlines one of the biggest advantages closed-ended funds have over their open-ended counterparts, and highlights the investment trusts that benefit most.

Emerging market stocks can flourish in the face of a tightening cycle from the US Federal Reserve, according to Lazard Global Equity Income manager Pat Ryan.

Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) has changed the dealing frequency on its $3bn Global Equity Absolute Return (GEAR) fund, extending its capacity beyond a previously suggested limit.

Fund buyers are steering clear of higher-yielding equity income funds on fears managers are taking too much risk in their quest to deliver payouts.

Investec Asset Management's John Stopford has begun hedging US equity exposure in his Diversified Income fund, despite this part of the portfolio being the most significant contributor to performance last year.

Positions in European consumer staples have outperformed in run up to the European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme, as investors look to mimic the highs of US and UK equity markets, according to Polar Capital's Nick Davis.

Standard Life Investments' Global Equity Income fund manager Kevin Troup tells Laura Dew why his Hong Kong listed holdings are slow-burners and explains his decision to buy a Nokia bond, rather than its equity.