Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • alliance trust announce knox replacement

    alliance trust announce knox replacement

    Alliance Trust has announced the appointment of FSA director Karin Forseke as a non-executive chairman, to take effect from 2 April.

  • meteor launches two new structured plans

    meteor launches two new structured plans

    Meteor Asset Management has launched two new structured products, an income plan and a kick-out plan.

  • global income sector not a flash in the pan

    global income sector not a flash in the pan

    The launch of the IMA’s new Global Equity Income Sector has brought to the fore some issues last visited during the organisation’s ill-fated split of the UK Equity Income Sector. But this time it’s different…

  • signia wealth poaches sg hambros cio

    signia wealth poaches sg hambros cio

    London-based Signia Wealth has recruited Martin OHare from Société Générale Private Banking Hambros, as its managing director and head of investment solutions.

  • aberdeen expands multi-manager team

    aberdeen expands multi-manager team

    Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Sonja Tilly as an analyst within its multi-manager team, taking the team up to 10-strong.

  • japan and germany 2011 favourites

    japan and germany 2011 favourites

    Perceived safe havens Japan and Germany were the only equity fund groups to see net inflows for the year in 2011, according to research from EPFR Global.

  • m and g glaring omission from new ima sector

    m and g glaring omission from new ima sector

    The IMA has released the list of funds which fall under its new Global Equity Income Sector, with one notable exception the £1.6bn M&G Global Dividend Fund.

  • anand replacement yet to be decided

    anand replacement yet to be decided

    F&C Investments has confirmed Mark Nichols’ appointment to manage its European Growth and Income Fund, following the departure of Paras Anand to Fidelity Worldwide Investment. But a new head for the European team is yet to be decided.

  • india to open stock market

    india to open stock market

    UK investors are to be allowed direct access to Indian equities, in a policy shift designed by the Indian government to increase the depth of the stock market and increase foreign inflows into the country.

  • ecb funding measures still short term

    ecb funding measures still short term

    Merrill Lynch’s Bill O’Neill assesses the latest European Central Bank’s loan measures, stressing that banks are still not lending as much as he would like to see.

  • ram buys griffin eastern european equity fund

    ram buys griffin eastern european equity fund

    Renaissance Asset Managers has acquired the $252m (£160m, 192m) Griffin Eastern European Equity Fund from, Griffin Capital Management.

  • pimco head warns of three investment rs

    pimco head warns of three investment rs

    Investors should increasingly be wary of the three “Rs” impacting investment outcomes today and in the near future – recession, repression and risk – according to Marc Seidner, managing director at Pimco.