Investec's Hutchins: Navigating the dividend cuts of 2016
Investment Week Avoid 'optically-high' yields Investec Asset Management's Blake Hutchins, manager of the group's UK Equity Income fund, explains why dividend cuts from 'highly leveraged and capital...
View ArticleJupiter's Irvine: Putting the Brexit question into context
Investment Week What would happen if the UK became independent? Alastair Irvine, product specialist in the Jupiter Independent Funds team, examines three outcomes for the UK's relationship with Europe...
View ArticleCandriam unveils eight-strong fund range for UK wholesale market
Investment Week Recruited Davies from Fidelity last year European asset manager Candriam is launching its investment capabilities into the UK for the first time with a range of eight funds run by the...
View ArticleFunds to Watch: What can Guinness Global Equity Income offer investors?
Investment Week Five year anniversary Against a backdrop of the ongoing debate about the Investment Association's yield criteria for the UK Equity Income sector, Ian Mortimer and Matthew Page,...
View ArticleLiontrust unveils top five holdings for recently-launched UK Micro Cap fund
Investment Week Technology stocks featured Liontrust has revealed the top five holdings in its recently-launched UK Micro-Cap fund, unveiling positions in technology, market research firms and a patent...
View ArticleEDRAM unveils UK Synergy fund; registers trio of funds for UK
Investment Week Launched 16 funds to UK earlier this year Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has launched a UK equity fund and registered three additional funds for sale in the UK, Investment Week...
View ArticleHenderson grows AUM by £700m despite Q1 volatility
Investment Week Driven by retail inflows Henderson Group saw assets under management increase by £700m in the quarter ended 31 March 2016, helped by retail inflows, despite market volatility continuing...
View ArticleMan GLG UK Income re-joins IA's UK Equity Income sector
Investment Week After two-year hiatus Man GLG's £108m UK Income fund, run by Henry Dixon, has bucked the trend of mandates being removed from the Investment Association's UK Equity Income sector, by...
View ArticleInvesco Perpetual UK equities team: Ten years together through ten years of...
Investment Week Q&A with Mark Barnett, Martin Walker and Ciaran Mallon For over ten years, head of UK equities, Mark Barnett, and fund managers Martin Walker and Ciaran Mallon, have together...
View ArticlePridham report reveals worst first quarter for over 20 years
Investment Week China and Brexit spook investors The first quarter of the year was the worst for the fund management industry in over 20 years in terms of inflows, with firms suffering as a result of...
View ArticleBaillie Gifford unveils Multi Asset Growth fund
Investment Week Run by Edwardson and team Baillie Gifford has extended its multi-asset range with the launch of the Multi Asset Growth fund, run by the same team behind its £5.9bn Diversified Growth...
View ArticleColumbia Threadneedle 'monitors flows' on UK Absolute Alpha
Investment Week Grown to almost £1bn Columbia Threadneedle is keeping a close eye on flows into its UK Absolute Alpha fund and considering further measures to limit demand, Investment Week can reveal,...
View ArticleVanguard launches first actively-managed funds for UK market
Investment Week Follows launch of active ETFs Vanguard has launched its first active funds for the UK market, partnering up with Baillie Gifford, Wellington Management, Oaktree Capital Management and...
View ArticleBrexit fears: Investors pull £38bn from UK funds over past 12 months
Investment Week Outflows from all but four IA sectors UK-domiciled funds have seen £38bn of outflows over the year to 31 May as investors have become increasingly worried about the impact of the...
View ArticleLowson to run RLAM small-cap fund as Stewart resigns
Investment Week Will join in September Royal London Asset Management has hired Henry Lowson from AXA Framlington to run its £210m UK Smaller Companies fund.
View ArticleFunds to Watch: Threadneedle UK Select
Investment Week Zero-tolerance approach to ailing companies Mark Westwood, manager of the £217m Threadneedle UK Select fund, believes his zero-tolerance approach to ailing companies has led his fund to...
View ArticleRetail investors poured £315m into fixed income funds ahead of Brexit vote
Investment Week IA stats for May Fixed income funds were the most popular among UK investors in the run up to the EU referendum, taking in £315m during May as buyers lowered their risk exposure in...
View ArticleMiton revises remuneration structure to 'ensure fund manager retention'
Investment Week AUM on UK Value Opportunities fund has fallen Miton Group is putting into place a revised remuneration structure to ensure fund manager retention, just months after star fund managers...
View ArticleLiontrust's Bailey cuts oil majors on dividend and oversupply concerns
Investment Week"Pretty gloomy" sector outlook Liontrust's Stephen Bailey and Jan Luthman have cut exposure to oil majors to below 1% on their £510.5m Liontrust Macro Equity Income fund despite the...
View ArticleNeptune UK Mid Cap team: How we responded to 'indiscriminate' post-Brexit...
Investment Week FTSE 250 suffered since referendum Neptune Investment Management's Holly Cassell has revealed the moves made on the £607m UK Mid Cap fund, run with Mark Martin, as FTSE 250 names were...
View ArticleFranklin Templeton and BlackRock suffer highest European outflows in July
Investment Week Latest figures from Morningstar Franklin Templeton and BlackRock were the worst hit groups in terms of outflows in July across Europe, according to the latest figures from Morningstar,...
View ArticlePost-Brexit turmoil prompts record level of sterling shorts
Investment Week Boosted by hedge funds Short investors such as hedge funds have increased bets against the sterling to record levels, despite the pound's international value beginning to stabilise...
View ArticleMervyn King: Brexit puts UK in better position to rebalance economy
Investment Week Criticizes Remain campaign forecasts Sterling's weak performance in the wake of June's Brexit vote could allow the UK to re-balance its economy, according to Mervyn King, as he said...
View ArticleHargreaves adds trackers to Wealth 150 Plus for first time
Investment Week A list of 13 index funds added Hargreaves Lansdown is adding index trackers to its Wealth 150 Plus recommended fund list for the first time as investor interest in passives continues to...
View ArticleShakespeare Martineau: Diversification key to profiting from post-Brexit...
Investment Week Investors pulling out of UK equities and property The bearish sentiment towards property and UK equities among investors since June’s Brexit vote is providing UK fund managers with an...
View ArticleBoE bazooka, Cofunds sale and Morrissey steps down: What did you miss over...
Investment Week Key announcements over the break Investment Week rounds-up the key announcements, people moves and product updates over the past six weeks as much of the investment industry return to...
View ArticleColumbia Threadneedle kicks off Luxembourg expansion with offshore UK income...
Investment Week Announced European expansion after Brexit vote Columbia Threadneedle Investments is to launch an offshore version of its £3.4bn UK Equity Income fund domiciled in Luxembourg, after...
View ArticleInvestec's Hutchins adds first small-cap stock post Brexit
Investment Week Also added overseas exposure Blake Hutchins has introduced his first small-cap stock to the Investec UK Equity Income fund, after taking advantage of market falls further down the...
View ArticleFundsmith tops Bestinvest client favourites list for fourth month
Investment Week Consumer confidence back to pre-Brexit levels The £8.5bn Fundsmith Equity fund was the most popular fund with Bestinvest clients for the fourth month in a row, as the firm unveils the...
View ArticleThe stocks giving Buxton a much-needed lift in post-Brexit rally
Investment Week Held overseas earners Old Mutual Global Investors' (OMGI) Richard Buxton has revealed the holdings that have pushed his £2bn UK Alpha fund back into the second quartile in the three...
View ArticleKames Capital reduces charge on UK Equity Income fund
Investment Week Cuts AMC from 75bps to 60bps Kames Capital has cut the annual management charge (AMC) on its UK Equity Income fund from 0.75% to 0.60%, with effect from 1 November.
View ArticleDefaqto to penalise 'too big for sector' funds on performance concerns
Investment Week Questions if performance can be achieved Defaqto is to mark down certain overly-large funds as part of its fund ratings criteria, over fears of a potential performance downturn...
View ArticleWoodford launches offshore feeder fund for £9.6bn Equity Income
Investment Week Available from 13 October Woodford Investment Management has launched an offshore feeder structure for its £9.6bn Woodford Equity Income fund allowing access to investors outside the UK.
View ArticleCity Financial merges away Octopus micro-cap fund version to increase core focus
Investment Week Follows sale of Adviser Centre City Financial Investment Company (CFIC) has announced its £18.1m CFIC Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth fund will be merged into an equivalent fund managed by...
View ArticleLatAm funds dominate October performance tables
Investment Week Japan also strong performer Latin American funds dominated the list of top performers in October as a result of hardening commodity prices, according to research from Wealth Club, while...
View ArticleAre pension fund deficits a threat or opportunity for investors?
Investment Week Pension fund deficits have been a controversial topic for investors for some time. In 2016, both the British Steel pension issues and the BHS/Sir Philip Green saga have been front page...
View ArticleLiontrust's Cross and Fosh: A difficult environment separates the wheat from...
Investment Week Evolution of the Economic Advantage process Natalie Kenway speaks to Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh about the evolution of their process, their best ever investments, and the challenges...
View ArticleLiontrust reports higher profits and AUM amid 'challenging period' for fund...
Investment Week 'Political uncertainty significantly exacerbated' Liontrust has reported higher revenues and AUM for the half year to 30 September, despite overall fund flows being slightly lower than...
View ArticleFCA: Investors overlooking passives despite £109bn in expensive 'passive...
Investment Week Passives underrepresented on buylists The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found passive funds are being underrepresented on retail buylists, meaning investors could be overlooking...
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