Freedom Day: Investment opportunity or damp squib?
Travel and leisure recovery plays like IAG and TUI saw shares slump amid final easing of Covid rules
Author: Jenny Turton
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Freedom Day sends UK market into a tailspin
Jitters remain despite removal of restrictions, including the wearing of masks and social distancing
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Vanguard Lifestrategy static bond allocation could prove ‘painful’ amid rising inflationary pressures
Four out of five funds have set exposure to long-dated government bonds
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Aubrey Capital Management launches onshore version of Europe ex-UK fund
Boutique manager made its £305m GEM fund available for UK investors in May
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Morningstar names Dan Kemp as global CIO
Kemp joined research and investment management firm seven years ago
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Asset managers’ net zero pledge not enough to combat climate risks
‘There is too much focus on the destination and too little focus on the journey’
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Seraphim Space trust blasts past £150m IPO target
Oversubscribed IPO comes after Liontrust missed £100m target to launch debut ESG trust
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Gresham House Energy Storage raises £100m in oversubscribed placing
Funds will go toward financing four battery energy storage systems projects
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Gravis expands investment team with research analyst hire
Working alongside Will Argent and Matthew Norris across four funds, including £745m Gravis UK Infrastructure Income
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Is the FCA’s Binance ban a blow to cryptocurrency becoming mainstream?
‘We’ve seen larger players moving their operations away from the UK to move beyond the FCA’s reach’
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Should fund managers and board directors have skin in the game?
Scottish Mortgage reignites conversation after scrapping long-standing rule requiring directors to own shares to have a seat at the table
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FCA finds most fund managers falling short on value assessments
Findings effectively akin to a school report that concludes ‘unsatisfactory: must try harder’
