Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • whitefoord drops absolute return fund name

    whitefoord drops absolute return fund name

    Discretionary investment manager Whitefoord LLP has changed the name of its Absolute Return Fund to the CF Cautela Fund, as its manager took a pop at the Absolute Return sector.

  • morgan stanley launches brazilian strategy

    morgan stanley launches brazilian strategy

    Morgan Stanley has launched a Brazilian long/short strategy via its Dublin-domiciled Ucits platform.

  • investment trusts switch focus to income

    investment trusts switch focus to income

    Investment trusts aimed to tap into investors’ desire for income in 2011, with new launches and policy changes for existing funds reflecting the trend.

  • value in japan is not just a broken record

    value in japan is not just a broken record

    Sam Perry looks at two contrasting examples of Japanese corporate governance before concluding that estimates of earnings growth at 20%+ for the next couple of years is a sign of equity strength.

  • hayes takes on axa im corporate bond fund

    hayes takes on axa im corporate bond fund

    Nick Hayes has taken over from Theodora Zemek as the lead manager of the Axa Sterling Corporate Bond Fund, as he continues to make his mark on the Axa IM fixed income team.

  • gilbert and young cash in on aberdeen

    gilbert and young cash in on aberdeen

    Aberdeen Asset Manangement’s chief executive, Martin Gilbert, and managing director of Asia, Hugh Young, have sold over £6m worth of shares in the company.

  • legg mason opens global fixed income strategy

    legg mason opens global fixed income strategy

    Legg Mason Global Asset Management has made its $12bn global fixed income strategy available to UK investors through its Dublin-domiciled LMGF fund range.

  • Would the new fsa stop rbs from failing

    Would the new fsa stop rbs from failing

    As the FSA publishes its report into the failure of RBS, we ask whether the new incarnation of the regulator planned for 2012 will make a difference to crisis aversion in the future?

  • first state expands global equities team

    first state expands global equities team

    First State has bolstered its global equities team with the appointment of two new sector investors, Julie Thomas and Ben Yeoh.

  • turner lobbies for greater regulatory powers

    turner lobbies for greater regulatory powers

    FSA approval should be required for all major bank acquisitions and a debate should be held about the potential to allow stronger action from the City watchdog in the future, according to its chairman, Lord Adair Turner.

  • lombard odier im appoints new cio

    lombard odier im appoints new cio

    Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has appointed Jan Straatman into a newly-created chief investment officer position.

  • majority of private investors bullish for 2012

    majority of private investors bullish for 2012

    The majority of UK private investors consider their risk profile to be adventurous or aggressive, despite the continuing eurozone crisis and downgraded global growth forecasts.