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.
Author: Portfolio Adviser
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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morton departs blackrock uk property
BlackRock has confirmed Jeff Morton, head of investment on its UK Property Fund, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities.
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eea bites back at fsa on death bonds
EEA Fund Management has called on the FSA to retract its statement naming traded life policy investments (TLPIs) “toxic”, and has asked the watchdog to clarify which funds in the sector it believes to be “Ponzi schemes”.
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aberdeen beefs up asia pacific team
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Peter Elston to the newly-created role of head of Asia Pacific strategy & asset allocation.
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a weak euro encouraging on a number of levels
Bill Dinning explains why he doubts there will be any widescale structural reform to the eurozone though we are in for a long, drawn-out unravelling of the debt structure we currently have.
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Standard Life expands myfolio range
Standard Life has expanded its MyFolio range with the launch of two new fund suites – Multi-Manager Income and Managed Income.
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threadneedle launches european absolute return
Threadneedle Investments has launched a European absolute return strategy for manager Paul Doyle.
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ossiam and ftse group join forces
Natixis-owned Ossiam announced today it has teamed with FTSE Group to launch a minimum variance-based ETF using a specially designed index.