Oeics

Fund managers generated record net inflows in 2009, driven by strong investor demand for emerging markets.

Charles Stanley's Stephen Peters considers the pros and cons of selecting two very different investment styles and their potential performance

With a history that goes back over 140 years, the investment trust sector has seen it all, but what does the future hold?

Five years on from J.P. Morgan's first survey of investment directors there have been some notable shifts in director perceptions

After the losses suffered in 2008, this year has proven something of a pick-up, with investors developing sharper defense mechanisms in the wake of the credit crisis. But what is providing the momentum driving investors into 2010?

Investment trusts were for many years the only way for individuals to gain access to a range of assets that would have been unattainable to the average investor.

Royal London Asset Management is converting its range of unit trusts to Oeics over a phased period ending in April 2010.

The investment landscape section of Defaqto's 2009 Sipp market review - Bridge Over Troubled Water - sought to appraise the asset types being used by IFAs operating in the Sipp market when constructing Sipp investment portfolios

The FSA recently passed comment on the perceived strengths of ETFs, but it is important to ascertain when ETFs are a suitable investment and when they are not.

Contrary to popular opinion, the investment trust sector is not shrinking, but rather booming on the back of increasing specialisation