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Investors should not mistake 'preferentially-priced' share classes for the true cost of buying a fund, according to Threadneedle chief executive Campbell Fleming.

Daniel Godfrey, chief executive of the Investment Management Association (IMA), has called for fund managers to engage the mass market in the UK, in order to drive the industry forward.

FOUR Capital Partners has soft-launched a European equity long/short fund after Sanlam provided seed capital for the portfolio.

Invesco Perpetual is to change the name of Paul Causer and Paul Read's top-performing European High Yield bond fund to better reflect its global investment approach.

Concerns over pricey equity markets and the risks of value traps have pushed investment opportunities to their lowest level for seven years, according to the co-manager of the Kennox Strategic Value fund.

Buyers fear increased stock-specific risk as active EM funds run high weightings to developed markets.

Mark Barnett's Invesco Perpetual UK Strategic Income fund is among a handful of UK equity income vehicles to have displayed a lower maximum drawdown than Neil Woodford's portfolios over the past five years.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has removed the CF JM Finn UK Portfolio fund from the UK Equity Income sector after it failed to meet yield requirements.

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