Author: Geoff Candy

  • Rathbones bolsters HNW focus with Vision acquisition

    Rathbones bolsters HNW focus with Vision acquisition

    Rathbone Brothers Plc has bought the outstanding 80.1% of high net-worth focused advice network, Vision Independent to further broaden its distribution network.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Searching for the good amid the bad and ugly

    PA ANALYSIS: Searching for the good amid the bad and ugly

    Reading headlines about both Volkswagen and Glencore this week brought to mind Sergio Leone’s film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – especially given that global financial markets have felt a lot like the Wild West in recent months.

  • McBryde to retire from F&C UK Real Estate

    McBryde to retire from F&C UK Real Estate

    F&C UK Real Estate Investments trust manager, Ian McBryde, is to retire in 2016 the firm announced on Tuesday.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Is Glencore the canary in the bull market coal mine?

    PA ANALYSIS: Is Glencore the canary in the bull market coal mine?

    At first glance, a debt-fuelled, mining behemoth and a little yellow bird have very little in common. But, when the bird in question is a canary, and the behemoth is Glencore, then it might be possible to imagine a comparison.

  • UK Plc dividend cover falls to six year low

    UK Plc dividend cover falls to six year low

    Dividend cover on the FTSE 350 fell to the lowest in six years, data from The Share Centre showed.

  • PA Autumn Congress 2015: What you missed

    PA Autumn Congress 2015: What you missed

    A look at some of the highlights of the 2015 edition of PA Autumn Congress.

  • Biotech slump highlights risk and opportunity

    Biotech slump highlights risk and opportunity

    Biotech stocks were just beginning to recover from August’s selloff when news hit on Monday that Turing Pharmaceutical had hiked the price of one of its drugs by 4000%.

  • Fidelity further cuts passive fees

    Fidelity further cuts passive fees

    Fidelity Worldwide has fired the latest salvo in the passive fund price war, announcing further cuts to four of the seven funds in its passive range.

  • PA ANALYSIS: UK bets on Chinese golden age as Fed drops baton

    PA ANALYSIS: UK bets on Chinese golden age as Fed drops baton

    If any further evidence was needed of the long term direction of travel for global financial markets, one need look no further than Aberdeen Asset Management’s announcement that it has been granted a business licence to operate in China.

  • Manufacturing weakness adds to BoE woes

    Manufacturing weakness adds to BoE woes

    Growth in UK manufacturing output stalled for the first time in two years the latest Industrial Trends survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed.

  • FCA finalises ExCo with Philipou hire

    FCA finalises ExCo with Philipou hire

    Georgina Philipou has been appointed chief operating officer at the Financial Conduct Authority.

  • A new perspective on global investing

    A new perspective on global investing

    The Capital Group New Perspective strategy – discover what the New Geography of Investing could offer your clients