Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • newton drops us portfolio as laing leaves

    newton drops us portfolio as laing leaves

    Simon Laing is to depart Newton Investment Management to join Invesco Perpetual as head of US equity fund management.

  • ths partners and gam mull global equity fund

    ths partners and gam mull global equity fund

    THS Partners has confirmed it is in the early stages of partnering with GAM to launch a global equity income fund.

  • hermes chief rupert clarke steps down

    hermes chief rupert clarke steps down

    Hermes Fund Managers’ chief executive Rupert Clarke has stepped down from the company after four years.

  • arbuthnots proctor leaves for pastures new

    arbuthnots proctor leaves for pastures new

    Arbuthnot Banking Group is to lose CEO of its private banking division Dean Proctor, in what his employer sees as a sure sign of brain drain from the UK.

  • lets hope Merkel makes the right decision

    lets hope Merkel makes the right decision

    Jeff Keen urges Chancellor Angela Merkel to make the right decision and put Europe security ahead of German domestic policy.

  • infrastructure natural portfolio cornerstone

    infrastructure natural portfolio cornerstone

    Listed infrastructure companies are a natural cornerstone investment with a proven ability to deliver consistent absolute returns and to diversify portfolios, according to Alan Brierley, analyst at Collins Stewart.

  • pa analysis - germany in no position to leave emu

    pa analysis – germany in no position to leave emu

    In a worrying development of the eurozone debt crisis today an auction of German bonds failed to attract enough bids for the 6bn on offer, proving Merkel is as much in the mire as the rest of ’em.

  • two arrested in fsa probe into unauthorised fas

    two arrested in fsa probe into unauthorised fas

    The FSA has led an investigation into unauthorised financial advisers, leading to two arrests in the West Midlands.

  • south africa growth targets to transform country

    south africa growth targets to transform country

    South Africa’s National Planning Commission has announced an ambitious set of GDP targets but with no specific fiscal or monetary policies.

  • fsa appoints new fos chairman

    fsa appoints new fos chairman

    The FSA has announced the appointment of Sir Nicholas Montagu as the new chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service, which settles complaints between consumers and financial services firms.

  • guy de blonay - euros defining moment edges closer

    guy de blonay – euros defining moment edges closer

    We are living the last few weeks of the euro as we know it, according to Guy de Blonay fund manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund, who predicts December’s anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty to be a defining date in the eurozone debt crisis.

  • Now is not the time for local currency bond funds

    Now is not the time for local currency bond funds

    Local currency bond fund launches have been “super-fashionable” this year, with fund houses eulogising about the appreciation potential of emerging market currencies. But First State’s head of EM debt Helene Williamson is not such a fan.