Aviva Investors chief executive Euan Munro has demonstrated his ambitions for the business with a raid of the equities team at Aberdeen Standard Investments, the merged entity of his former employer Standard Life Investments (SLI).
The Investment Association (IA) has highlighted homophobic and transphobic banter as an issue that needs to be addressed by asset managers as it sheds light on coming out or being out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual (LGBT+) in the industry.
A move by Architas to extend superclean share classes to all UK platforms shifts the competitive advantage held by large players in the market.
Cryptocurrencies should be viewed critically from an environmental, social and governance (ESG) perspective, but the blockchain technology that underlies them could have positive applications for democracy and economic inclusion, according to a sustainable investments rating agency.
Neil Woodford and his former employer Invesco Perpetual have ended up on opposite sides of the fence over a boardroom battle taking shape at Stobart Group, in a rare divergence over holdings.
Wealth managers have been accused of rapidly moving away from the investment trusts sector creating wide discounts in some parts of the market.
Franklin Templeton Investments has hired a manager who exited Aviva Investors as part of its multi-asset restructure.
The Schroders UK Growth Trust will transfer to Baillie Gifford management on Friday evening, despite its saving scheme investors being none the wiser about their options for remaining invested in the investment trust.
The board of the £303.4m Schroders UK Growth Trust has taken a parting shot at fund manager Philip Matthews, who is exiting the asset manager, as the investment trust shifts management responsibilities to Baillie Gifford due to underperformance.
Invesco’s bout of bad publicity as it battled the Enhanced Income investment trust board over fees in a David and Goliath battle has come to an end with an announcement it will continue to manage the trust.
Mexico is set to lurch to the left when it goes to the polls this weekend with populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known by his nickname Amlo, the front runner in the presidential elections. Five managers weigh in on what Mexico’s politics mean for emerging market investors.
A passive portfolio of 50% bonds and 50% equities faces negative annualised returns, according to a report by Pictet Asset Management.
