Bank of England holds fire on QE
Bank of England rate setters have voted to keep on hold interest rates at 0.5%, while refraining from any further extensions to its quantitative easing (QE) scheme.
View ArticleVCTs granted reprieve from tax relief threat
The venture capital trust sector has been granted a temporary repreieve after the Treasury decided to put on ice proposals that could cut small firms' access to funding.
View ArticleRathbones buys London-based wealth manager
Rathbone Brothers' subsidiary Rathbone Investment Management has completed the acquisition of London-based wealth manager RM Walkden & Co.
View ArticleSource and Nomura get tactical with volatility ETF
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider Source has partnered with Nomura for the launch of an ETF providing exposure to volatility, while limiting cost and the impact of contango.
View ArticleJO Hambro IM hires $5bn man for global equity team
Peter Rutter, who co-managed a $5 billion global equity strategy at boutique Ironbridge, will reunite with former colleagues Charles Martyn-Hemphill and Will Kenney at JO Hambro IM.
View ArticleETF regulation must be tougher, warn risk gurus
Watchdog's failure to set a definite limit on tracking error leaves passive products on shaky ground, Paris-based research centre EDHEC has warned.
View ArticleWhy Investec Securities has become a Jupiter buyer
Edward Bonham Carter's firm offers the best hope of returns in its peer group as markets stabilise and equity fund flows pick up again, analysts at Investec have said.
View ArticlePaul Read: why bonds are in a ‘Sputnik’ moment
Invesco Perpetual’s Paul Read believes bonds are in a ‘Sputnik’ moment, undergoing a sudden change similar to certain moments in history when there is a shift in national awareness.
View ArticleAviva Investors to change strategy on two funds
Aviva Investors is calling an emerging general meeting to propose altering the investment and hedging strategies on two of its funds.
View ArticleDouble hire boosts SLI fixed income team
Mark Kedar and Felix Freund have joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) as fund managers.
View ArticleMarkets plunge as peripheral Europe fears grow
Stock markets across Europe have tanked while German bund yields dropped to near-record lows on the return of nervousness about Europe's periphery.
View ArticleAlternative Ucits: James Clunie of Swip exploits high-yield financials
In-between stints at Aberdeen and his current role, Clunie worked as a senior lecturer in finance at Edinburgh University and has integrated his academic research into shorting into his investment...
View ArticleRuffer: how safe is our portfolio?
With the investment landscape looking increasingly 'complicated' the investment team on the Ruffer Investment Company admit it is not entirely comfortable with the fund's positioning.
View ArticleMoody’s threatens to downgrade Man Group
The ratings agency has put the hedge fund giant on downgrade watch on fears its earnings will be impacted by a series of headwinds.
View ArticleSpain's bond yields retreat, FTSE wavers after sell-off
Spanish government bond yields fall and FTSE 100 drifts following Tuesday's sell-off in equities and ‘peripheral’ eurozone debt.
View ArticleBarclays Radar seeks safety in European 'aristocrats'
Jason Smith and Ian Mizrahi, managers of the Barclays Capital Radar fund, have increased their exposure to European blue chips with a proven history of paying out dividends.
View Article7IM’s backs beta but warns on misleading TERs
Peter Sleep, senior portfolio manager at Seven Investment Management, talks about the advent of ‘smart’ indices to help provide portfolio diversification.
View ArticleDeborah Fuhr: the ETF alphabet soup
More wealth managers in Europe are using ETFs to efficiently capture beta in their portfolios and gain broad market exposure, according to a recent report by the Edhec-Risk Institute.
View ArticleBlackRock warns on single-swap ETF risks
BlackRock has warned over the conflicts of interests inherent in swap-based exchange traded funds (ETF) where there is an affiliation between the swap counterparty and the ETF provider.
View ArticleLyxor teams up with Hawk for EM alternative Ucits
Lyxor Asset Management has launched a trend-following alternative Ucits fund in conjunction with Hawk Quantitative Strategies, providing exposure to emerging markets.
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