Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • Eight vintage classics volume two

    Eight vintage classics volume two

    In the second of our vintage classics volumes we bring you eight more managers with centuries of experience between them.

  • jpm names replacement on sterling corporate

    jpm names replacement on sterling corporate

    JP Morgan Asset Management’s Andreas Michalitsianos has been promoted to lead manager of the firm’s £212m Sterling Corporate Bond Fund, replacing John Anderson who is understood to be leaving following a fund review.

  • Neptune proposes fund merger for scale benefits

    Neptune proposes fund merger for scale benefits

    Neptune is hoping to merge its UK Equity Fund into its UK Special Situations Fund and rename it the Neptune UK Opportunities Fund.

  • Henderson cleanup operation

    Henderson cleanup operation

    Henderson is to merge a further three underperforming funds in November as part of its bid to streamline its fund range.

  • coutts targets chinese wealth in uk

    coutts targets chinese wealth in uk

    Coutts & Co has appointed Vivienne Ng as executive director and head of the China desk within its international business in the UK.

  • eea death bonds fund slashed by 10 percent

    eea death bonds fund slashed by 10 percent

    EEA Fund Management, a vocal defender of traded life policy investments, has written to shareholders of its EEA Life Settlements Fund informing them of a 10% reduction in its net asset value.

  • European Relatives

    European Relatives

    Tim Gregory, head of global equities at Psigma Investment Management, reviews the fortunes of European equities during June, and considers the outlook for the sector.

  • Hedge funds recover following June wobble

    Hedge funds recover following June wobble

    Almost three quarters of hedge funds, 70%, delivered positive returns in July, while the sector as a whole grew 0.90% following a decline in the previous month.

  • Fund picks: Legg Mason Japand Equity and Aberdeen Japan Growth

    Fund picks: Legg Mason Japand Equity and Aberdeen Japan Growth

    One of these funds has returned almost three times as much as the other over three years, but has done so with almost twice the volatility, so which would you go for?

  • Demand for et fs surge amid market volatility

    Demand for et fs surge amid market volatility

    iShares ETF products on platforms attracted a combined £1.04bn in Q2 2013, as advisers poured assets into minimum volatility funds and longer dated corporate bond funds.

  • montello launches luxembourg fund

    montello launches luxembourg fund

    UK-based real estate bridging finance fund manager Montello is set to launch a Luxembourg fund, in response to what it says is "strong demand" from international advisers and investors.

  • inflation peaked but remain above target

    inflation peaked but remain above target

    Inflation may have peaked, but it is also unlikely to get back to its 2% target in the foreseeable future Ernst & Young’s ITEM Club has predicted.