Shareholder activism increasing as remuneration dissatisfaction grows
UK Plc remuneration policies are once more in the spotlight with a number of fund managers taking an increasingly activist stance.
Author: Geoff Candy
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PGIM sets sights on significant UK expansion
The growing institutionalisation of the UK retail investment market provides the perfect backdrop for PGIM’s ambitious plans for the European expansion.
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‘Respectable’ results see Schroders AUM hit record
Better-than-expected institutional net flows helped push group assets under management to a record £325bn in the first quarter of 2016, Schroders said on Thursday.
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PA ANALYSIS: Is this the bottom for banks?
Momentum investors will tell you that a good indication of the bottom of a particular market is the point at which bad news stops moving share prices downwards.
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Henderson Q1 AUM boosted by retail inflows and currency
Strong retail demand for income and absolute return strategies helped push up Henderson Global Investors AUM in the first three months of 2016.
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PA ANALYSIS: BHS, cautionary tale or canary in the retail coal mine?
On a fairly gloomy day on markets, the FTSE 350 general retail sector was up around 0.5% on Monday. A clear indication that many within the market are of the view that the sector has little to fear from the announcement that BHS has filed for administration.
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Regulatory scrutiny sees asset managers ratchet up tax focus
A sophisticated operational tax function is becoming a prerequisite for asset managers, PwC said.
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LGIM makes headway on executive pay battle
The number of FTSE 100 companies with more than one executive remuneration incentive plan has fallen in the past three years from 43% to 18%, Legal & General Investment Management said on Monday.
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Small caps, big benefits
The ‘smaller company paradox’ says that over the longer term, smaller company returns have outstripped those of their large-cap peers – but looking ahead this should be seen as a structural longer-term trend, not a short-term anomaly
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PA ANALYSIS: US earnings underline ongoing banks conundrum
Bank of America and Wells Fargo followed JP Morgan’s lead on Thursday, reporting a sharp drop in quarterly earnings, largely on the back of bad loan provisions, in the energy space.
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Aberdeen cements digital focus with new hire
Aberdeen Asset Management has created a new digital division to be headed up by Martin Jennings, former UK CEO of platform technology provider FNZ.
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Pidcock, Europe help energise Jupiter’s Q1 inflows
Unfavourable market conditions failed to offset flows into Jupiter Funds, the firm said on Wednesday.
