Personal investment

Posted at 10:30 4 Jul

Job cuts planned at troubled Woodford firm

The firm of well-known fund manager Neil Woodford plans cuts after investors pulled out funds.

Posted at 0:05 27 Jun

Can hit songs be worth more than gold?

Robert Plummer

Business reporter, BBC News

Chart-topping tunes are the latest thing you can invest your money in. But how wise is that exactly?

Posted at 6:51 10 Jun

Hargreaves boss apologises to Woodford clients

The investment broker's boss says he shares customers' "disappointment" following the suspension of a fund.

Posted at 0:09 8 Jun

Stockpicking: What goes up may go down

Dearbail Jordan

Business reporter

Neil Woodford is not the only star investor to hit hard times, but many soon recover.

Posted at 7:52 7 Jun

Myners: 'The FCA should have been awake'

Today Programme

BBC Radio 4

Former City minister, Lord Myners, has been speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme about the suspension of one of Neil Woodford's funds.

He said the UK financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, "should have been awake" to issues at the Woodford Equity Income Fund earlier this week

Lord Myners, who had a long career in the management industry, said: "The fund was established by Neil Woodford, who had a tremendous performance record over 20 years."

"Unfortunately, he had a performance record in playing cricket and then he decided to play baseball. He moved away from investing in very liquid securities into illiquid and private companies."

"Woodford was obliged to begin to do clever dealings to try to stay within the word of the law. The FCA said it didn't know things were happening - they were in the newspapers. The FCA should have been awake."

Posted at 0:00 5 Jun