Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • sig backs artemis tim steer

    sig backs artemis tim steer

    Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has awarded Tim Steer at Artemis a mandate in both its Global and UK Best Ideas Funds, in place of Audrey Ryan of Kames Capital.

  • multi-asset managers shun

    multi-asset managers shun

    More multi-asset fund managers are looking to take themselves out of the IMA managed sectors in a bid to step away from their tight and in many ways arbitrary constraints.

  • india short term hiccup hides long term growth

    india short term hiccup hides long term growth

    India’s woeful market performance in 2011 is a short-term blip in what is otherwise a long-term growth story, argues Ambit IA’s Andrew Holland.

  • raymond james gets vote of confidence

    raymond james gets vote of confidence

    Raymond James Financial (RJF) the US parent of UK-based Raymond James Investment Services (RJIS) has acquired the remaining 25% stake in the private client wealth management firm making it the sole owner.

  • will fund groups get fat off rdr

    will fund groups get fat off rdr

    The watchword for RDR is transparency, and this is a concept trumpeted by the FSA and financial services providers to be the best thing since sliced bread: the cure to all of the industry’s current ailments.

  • signia wealths expansion continues

    signia wealths expansion continues

    Signia Wealth has continued its recruitment drive with the appointment of Chris Godding in the newly-created role of co-CIO and managing director.

  • uk politicians can learn from europeans

    uk politicians can learn from europeans

    Tim Cockerill argues that European politicians are right to take decisions to manage their economies that go against the market view.

  • islamic asset manager sets sights

    islamic asset manager sets sights

    A newly-established Islamic global asset manager plans to target retail investors in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with a Dublin-domiciled, Ucits-compliant fund range.

  • jupiter redemptions gather pace

    jupiter redemptions gather pace

    Jupiter Fund Management saw net outflows of £225m in Q4 as mutual fund redemptions gathered pace. But a positive market movement in the quarter led to an overall increase in AUM for the period, it said today.

  • lazard launches emerging markets

    lazard launches emerging markets

    Lazard Asset Management has launched an Emerging Markets Allocation Fund, which will invest in in-house strategies across equity, debt and currency asset classes.

  • obsr suspends swip european

    obsr suspends swip european

    OBSR has suspended its rating of the SWIP European Income Fund following news its manager, Steven Maxwell, is on extended sick leave.

  • obsr removes newton international growth

    obsr removes newton international growth

    OBSR has removed its rating of the Newton International Growth Fund following the management reshuffle announced by the firm earlier this week.