Author: Geoff Candy

  • Balfour resigns as TMI CEO

    Balfour resigns as TMI CEO

    Mike Balfour is to leave his post as CEO of Thomas Miller Investment at the end of January 2016, the firm announced on Wednesday.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Time for a 'simple' Autumn Statement

    PA ANALYSIS: Time for a ‘simple’ Autumn Statement

    Despite a number of significant changes already announced in the Summer budget, some have speculated that the Autumn Statement could include a few more controversial decisions as Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, seeks to get unpopular policies out of the way early.

  • Henderson launches pan European dividend income fund

    Henderson launches pan European dividend income fund

    Henderson Global Investors has expanded its range of dividend-focused funds with the launch of the Henderson Horizon Pan European Dividend Income Fund.

  • Rolls Royce to unveil major restructuring

    Rolls Royce to unveil major restructuring

    Rolls Royce is to announce major restructuring plans later today, the firm said on Tuesday.

  • Wealth manager profile: Smith & Williamson’s Chris Kenny

    Wealth manager profile: Smith & Williamson’s Chris Kenny

    Offering a truly tailored investment proposition is becoming increasingly difficult to get right but Smith & Williamson’s collegiate, collective approach seems a winning formula.

  • Avago - Filtering the connection

    Avago – Filtering the connection

    Kevin Troup, Global Equity Income Fund manager, along with colleagues from the regional equity teams subsequently had a number of conversations with competitors, peers and suppliers from the US to Japan, to better understand what the rest of the market did not.

  • Large cap dispersion providing exciting opportunity - Wharrier

    Large cap dispersion providing exciting opportunity – Wharrier

    The potential for shares to become mis-priced is greater now than at any point in my career, said Mark Wharrier, manager of the BlackRock UK Income Fund.

  • PA Podcast: Gold, gloom and a glass slightly empty

    PA Podcast: Gold, gloom and a glass slightly empty

    It is perhaps appropriate that the first PA Podcast was recorded on Halloween, as our first guest, Tilney Bestinvest, investment strategy director, Ben Seager-Scott isn’t entirely optimistic about the outlook for the global economy.

  • Acuity Brands - Seeking bright performance in retail

    Acuity Brands – Seeking bright performance in retail

    A number of valuable insights from members of the global equity team, in the US, Asia and Europe, provided a depth of knowledge to corroborate a stock idea with its own focus on change.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Underwhelming Q3 belies banking opportunities

    PA ANALYSIS: Underwhelming Q3 belies banking opportunities

    Numbers from HSBC, UBS and Standard Chartered out this week have continued what has been a rather underwhelming earnings season so far for the banking sector.

  • Lyxor shifts key developed market ETFs to physical replication

    Lyxor shifts key developed market ETFs to physical replication

    In a bid to improve the efficiency of its ETF range, Lyxor plans to switch a number of its key European, global and US ETFs to physical replication.

  • Unicorn launches IHT portfolio service

    Unicorn launches IHT portfolio service

    Unicorn Asset Management and WM Capital Management have launched an Inheritance Tax Portfolio Service.