IMA

Harry Nimmo's Standard Life Investments UK Smaller Companies fund has made its first appearance on Bestinvest's 'dog list' of underperforming funds.

Sectors are less relevant than they used to be as wealth managers focus on client goals, Rayner Spencer Mills' Geoff Mills tells Laura Dew.

Why we dodged the fund pricing shakedown

Positive economic news in the US and the continuing recovery in the UK have pushed equity valuations near to peak levels. So where can investors turn for protection in case markets fall from here?

HSBC Open Global Property fund

Why we like ‘messy’ Thailand

Research by Investment Week has revealed only half of managers in the major IMA sectors have run their funds for five years or more.

Property funds have topped the latest sales charts from the Investment Management Association (IMA), with retail investors pumping a net £491m into the asset class in May.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment is to change manager on its £432m European Opportunities fund later this year, bringing in a manager who has been running offshore mandates.

The reversal of fortunes for the IMA UK All Companies sector this year has again raised the question of whether investors' buying patterns are leaving them exposed to market corrections.