Henderson Global Investors and Gartmore were the two big winners in last night's annual Investment Week Investment Trust of the Year Awards.

Leading structured product providers and distributors have created the UK Structured Products Association in a bid to give a unified voice to an industry that has come under fire in recent years.

First State has introduced a new income share class to its £3.03bn Asia Pacific Leaders and £767m Asia Pacific funds.

Macquarie Funds Group, the asset management arm of Australia's Macquarie Group, has launched its first structured product aimed at UK investors.