large cap

Outflows of €1.3bn

Friendlier regulatory environment expected

Biotech investments

Quarterly reshuffle of blue-chip index

At the end of October, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nikkei announced they are to launch a new index - the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index - in early 2017.

Japan was one of the most popular areas with UK investors in 2015, with some £1.2bn of flows into the IA Japan sector and more than £400m going into the IA Japanese Smaller Companies sector, as investors tried to hone in on those domestic companies benefitting...

Returns "difficult to find"

Kepler Partners' analysis of more than 280 funds reveals why even the most concentrated of small- and micro-cap focused trusts have superior risk/return characteristics.

Prior roles at LGIM and SLI

Julie Dean, fund manager at Sanditon Asset Management, takes a closer look at the performance of the banking sector in 2016.