Nearly one in five FTSE 350 companies have received letters from the Investment Association (IA) and the Hampton-Alexander Review about the lack of gender diversity on their board and executive committees.

Investment managers have kept up pressure on companies in 2019, with key themes including executive pay and director re-election continuing to top the list of concerns.

Keith Skeoch, CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen, has just been appointed Chair of the Investment Association’s (IA) Board.

UK savers invested £3.6 billion in retail funds in December 2019 according to latest figures published today by the Investment Association (IA).

In 2019, UK savers invested £15 billion into the UK retail fund market, double that of the previous year. A record £18.1 billion was placed into tracker funds in 2019, up by nearly 70% from the previous 2017 record of £10.8 billion, new analysis of industry data published today by the Investment Association (IA) shows.

New standardised categories to simplify the processing of unsuccessful trades on the foreign exchange (FX) markets have today been proposed by the Investment Association (IA), in a bid to bring greater consistency to the market and improve outcomes for investors.

Traders in the investment management and banking industries have today formally called for market trading hours to be reduced by 90-minutes to seven hours.

UK savers invested £1.6 billion in retail funds in November 2019 according to latest figures published today by the Investment Association (IA).

The IA’s Global Emerging Markets Bonds sector has been divided into three new sectors, with the change effective as of 1st January 2020.

UK savers invested £2.5 billion in funds in October, with a return to equity fund inflows following record outflows in Q3, according to latest figures published today by the Investment Association (IA).