Q3

UK GDP is confirmed to have risen 0.7% in Q3 - but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised down a string of recent annualised growth figures.

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.

George Shaw, manager of the Ignis UK Property fund, argues the case for investors burned during the crisis to revisit the commercial property market.

When Chancellor George Osborne stood up to deliver last week's Autumn Statement, there was little doubt he felt more bullish than in 2012.

UK EQUITY ALPHA

BP and Royal Dutch Shell produced mixed results last week, but top managers are returning to the beaten-up oil majors, predicting a focus on shareholder returns instead of "growth at any cost".

COMMENT

Some of the largest multi-asset funds in the UK retail space have seen performance slump in recent months after they struggled to navigate a difficult summer.

LEADER

PSigma Investment Management CIO Tom Becket has sold out of the £11bn Invesco Perpetual Income fund after ten years following news of manager Neil Woodford's departure.