Investment

FUND managers should "shed some light" on their relationship with investors and disclose how they vote in company annual meetings, research shows.

Hedge fund indices have posted improved returns for six months in a row, latest figures from Standard & Poor's show.

Three asset managers have entered a distribution alliance to offer institutional investors better access to liquidity funds in three major currencies.

A new fund which offers schemes high dividend yields from international equities has been launched by Sarasin Chiswell.

schemes investing in hedge funds could increase by five percentage points this year, Mercer Investment Consulting says.

Three major pension funds have invested in Impax Group's renewable energy fund.

Investors are being encouraged to invest in wine indices as experts predict the latest Bordeaux vintage will surpass all previous price records.

Emerging market debt will continue to perform well as an asset class because governments are boosting the amount of bonds they issue, Aberdeen Asset Management says.

Equity markets are unlikely to rebound sharply from the sharp falls suffered over the past few weeks, industry figures warn.

INSTITUTIONAL investors can only safeguard long-term returns by integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their mainstream investment analysis, Insight Investment says.