Blackrock undercuts Vanguard with slashed fees
Blackrock has undercut Vanguard by slashing fees on an iShares emerging markets product and matching its rival’s pricing on four European equity funds.
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Polar Capital raids Nordea for EM fund launch
Polar Capital has poached four members of Nordea Asset Management’s emerging markets equities team, including group head Jorry Rask Nøddekær, to launch its debut fund.
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Unloved UK: the eight most-shorted domestic stocks
In an already unloved market, which listed-British mainstays have fallen the most out of favour so far this year? Portfolio Adviser takes a look at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management’s annual Get Shorty report.
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Heartwood swaps out manager on balanced mandate
Heartwood Investment Management has confirmed there will be a changing of the guards on its balanced mandate to allow manager Michael Stanes more time to focus on running the growth strategy.
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Schroders and Miton back Sorrell’s return from misconduct ordeal
Schroders and Miton are believed to be among the shareholders backing Martin Sorrell’s comeback to the London stock market weeks after his resignation from WPP amid personal misconduct allegations.
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Unilever shareholders not ready to vote it off the island
Several shareholders, including Nick Train, have intimated they will reject Unilever’s plans to move its headquarters to the Netherlands until they get answers from the consumer goods giant on why they should forfeit their plc shares.
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Berens becomes Artemis distribution head as Turpin retires
Artemis has announced that ex-JP Morgan Asset Management UK head Jasper Berens is to take over for head of distribution Dick Turpin who is set to retire after a 30-year career.
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FE launches cost transparency tool for advisers
FE has launched a tool which it said provides advisers with a simpler and more holistic way of measuring the impact of costs on real returns and bypass projections provided by fund groups.
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Brewin Dolphin snaps up Dundee client book
Brewin Dolphin has deepened its toehold in Dundee by purchasing the financial planning and investment assets of Clark Thomson Mortgagefinders.
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Ex-OMGI equities head lands VCT appointment
Ex-Old Mutual Global Investors UK equities head Ashton Bradbury has been brought on board as a non-executive director on a Hargreave Hale VCT as parent firm Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management looks to boost its fund management business.
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Husselbee shuns active EM debt
Liontrust’s John Husselbee believes that the majority of active emerging market debt funds are too immature to invest in now, but hinted he will switch from passive to active funds in the sector at some point.
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AJ Bell profits jump 24% ahead of planned IPO
AJ Bell’s latest interim results are its most profitable as it eyes a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.