Author: Portfolio Adviser

US hedge fund to launch flagship fund on Montlake platform

Para Advisors, a New York-based “event driven” fund manager, is to launch a fund on a Ucits platform

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08 September 2011

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SLI’s Batty: US fiscal policy is the gorilla in the room

Standard Life Investments’ Richard Batty sees problems ahead for both equities and the US economy.

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08 September 2011

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Paper sets out future of UK financial regulation

The BoE and the FSA have published a joint paper on the path of future financial regulation

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08 September 2011

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Crisis? Which crisis?

After the Great Moderation comes the Great Reckoning, says Cheviot Asset Management’s David Miller.

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08 September 2011

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Pictet fund looks to Facebook and Groupon investor

Pictet’s 417m Russian Equities Fund has taken a position in Russia’s largest internet company.

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08 September 2011

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Threadneedle’s Holliman set to join Polar Capital

Andrew Holliman, manager of the £1.6bn Threadneedle American Fund, is leaving the firm.

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08 September 2011

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Jane launches multi-asset fund at Darwin Group

The Darwin Group has launched the TM Darwin Multi Asset Fund, aimed at the retail market.

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08 September 2011

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Structural hangovers and populist opposition

Aegon AM’s Bill Dinning says ‘structural hangovers’ are giving eurozone members a headache.

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08 September 2011

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PA ANALYSIS: A new approach to emerging markets?

A number of fund houses are looking to new EM strategies as returns become harder to come by.

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08 September 2011

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Strauss-Kahn resigns as IMF head amid scandal

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as managing director of the IMF with immediate effect.

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08 September 2011

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M&G, RBS become associate members at AIFA

M&G Investments and RBS Global Banking & Markets have become associate members of AIFA.

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08 September 2011

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Ex-Gartmore high yield head Tugnait joins Babson Capital

Former Gartmore High Yield Corporate Bond Fund manager Kam Tugnait has joined Babson Capital Europe.

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08 September 2011

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