mid-cap

AXA Investment Managers is adding a retail share class to its AXA Framlington UK Mid Cap fund at the end of Q2.

The renaissance in UK manufacturing is a welcome rebalancing after two decades of import reliance, says Gervais Williams, managing director of MAM Funds.

AXA Investment Managers is launching a UK mid-cap fund in early March, subject to FSA approval.

Cazenove has appointed John Warren from UBS to work alongside small and mid-cap manager Paul Marriage.

The manager of the £109m J.P. Morgan Mid Cap investment trust has significantly reduced the fund's gearing on concerns over the UK economic outlook.

UK GROWTH

Richard Watts has struggled to maintain performance on the Old Mutual Select UK Mid Cap fund since taking it over from Ashton Bradbury last year.

Axa Framlington's Nigel Thomas has boosted mid-cap exposure in his £1.6bn UK Select opportunities fund on expectations of superior growth prospects for the FTSE 250 this year.

Axa Framlington's Nigel Thomas has boosted mid-cap exposure in his £1.6bn UK Select Opportunities fund on expectations of superior growth prospects for the FTSE 250 this year.

Companies with exposure to Bric markets still have good long-term growth prospects despite fears the bloc is overheating, says F&C's Michael Ulrich.