nikko am hires product development
Nikko Asset Management has appointed Geoffrey Post as head of international product development (ex-Japan) to help develop the firm’s proposition outside its domestic Japanese market.
Author: Portfolio Adviser
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pimco ups the stakes
US giant Pimco is beefing up its presence in the UK retail market with the launch of a multi-asset fund for St James’s Place and a planned listing of the same strategy on the Fidelity FundsNetwork.
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MAM funds under management flat
MAM Funds saw funds under management remain static in 2011 at £1.7bn, with strong sales of Miton funds in the second half balancing expected redemptions from Midas funds.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.