Ima

  • UK Equity Income tops best-selling sectors and funds lists for May

    UK Equity Income tops best-selling sectors and funds lists for May

    UK Equity Income represented both the most-popular IMA sector and most-bought fund in May, according to Cofunds.

  • IMA rebrands as the Investment Association

    IMA rebrands as the Investment Association

    The Investment Management Association (IMA) has rebranded as the Investment Association to echo its wider remit with the incorporation of a new division.

  • Confidence key  IMA

    Confidence key IMA

    Investment management should sit at the heart of pensions delivery, argues the IMAs Jonathan Lipkin.

  • The age of asset management

    The age of asset management

    While it is easy to dismiss such a statement as hyperbole, digging through the numbers presented for the last decade, paints a rather interesting picture especially given the global financial crisis that exploded in the middle of it.

  • Tracker funds see record net retail sales IMA

    Tracker funds see record net retail sales IMA

    Latest IMA statistics revealed that tracker funds recorded net retail sales £532m, the highest level since IMA records began in January 1992.

  • IMA criticises inappropriate ESMAs

    IMA criticises inappropriate ESMAs

    The UK Investment Management Association (IMA) has criticised ESMA for suggesting that non-UCITS collective investment funds are more complex than UCITS funds in its “inappropriate” consultation on MiFID II.

  • UK all companies tops IMA sector study

    UK all companies tops IMA sector study

    The UK all companies sector has topped a study carried out to establish the most consistent investment performers of the past three years.

  • IMA calls for conference alternative solution ESMA

    IMA calls for conference alternative solution ESMA

    The IMA has said it intends to hold a conference to establish an alternative model countering the proposal set out by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on restricting the use of dealing commissions to pay for investment research.

  • What’s happening in the All Companies sector

    What’s happening in the All Companies sector

    Looking at the figures, the Woodford Effect is somewhat obvious as investors placed their money behind a fund manager pulling out of the All Companies sector. But what do these high inflows mean for income investors?

  • UK Equity Income ultimate bestseller in June IMA

    UK Equity Income ultimate bestseller in June IMA

    Fresh IMA statistics revealed that the “Woodford Effect” contributed to the ultimate best-selling IMA sector in June, the UK Equity Income sector.

  • Five UK income funds to change IMA sector

    Five UK income funds to change IMA sector

    At the end of June, the IMA decided to shift five UK income funds into new sectors which more closely meet the criteria set out by the association.

  • property fund sales prompt fresh illiquidity fears

    property fund sales prompt fresh illiquidity fears

    Commercial property funds have achieved their highest monthly net retail sales for nearly five years, prompting concerns that investors may be being complacent about the inherent risks in the asset class.