Investec

Investec Wealth & Investment is to launch an online simplified advice service later this year and has appointed Jane Warren to oversee the launch.

Alternative assets dominated investment trust fundraising in 2014, Winterflood figures show, as investors looked outside the mainstream for returns.

What can cricket teach us about stock selection?

Fund managers reveal currency plays

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.

HSBC Global Asset Management's chief executive Andy Clark is ruling out introducing preferentially priced share classes, saying they are akin to "endorsements" of individual platforms.

Simon Brazier has completed his overhaul of the £164m Investec UK Alpha fund, trimming positions in "expensive" cyclical stocks in favour of more globally diversified companies.

Max King, portfolio manager and strategist within Investec Asset Management's multi-asset team, discusses the outlook for the FTSE 100 index as it breaks through its 1999 high.

Fund performance skewed by benchmarks

Following several fund groups' decision to publish active share figures for the first time, Investment Week asks selectors how important the tool really is for fund selection.