Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • cliff joins m and gs european

    cliff joins m and gs european

    M&G Investments has hired Phil Cliff for its European equity team, as manager of the Pan European Dividend Fund.

  • uk equities predicted to yield

    uk equities predicted to yield

    UK dividends are forecast to increase more than 10% in 2012 reaching a total of £75bn, according to Capita Registrars’ latest UK Dividend Monitor.

  • fund managers divided on when to buy into china

    fund managers divided on when to buy into china

    Last year was one of the worst for China’s markets though, as John Monaghan explains, fund managers are undecided over whether the resulting undervalued opportunities mean now is the right time to buy.

  • institutional investors pile into china

    institutional investors pile into china

    China Equity Funds posted their biggest weekly inflow in more than two years last week, as investor sentiment towards the eurozone debt crisis and its successful resolution swung back towards positive.

  • l and g offer minimum returns of 8

    l and g offer minimum returns of 8

    Legal & General has launched the twelfth product in its series of structured deposit bonds, offering a minimum return of 8% at maturity.

  • Lux well ahead of uk and dublin

    Lux well ahead of uk and dublin

    The number of funds domiciled in Luxembourg and their net sales both increased during 2011, according to the latest annual review by the countrys mutual fund trade body.

  • 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.