Author: Sam Shaw

  • Industry demands health warnings and fee clarity in FCA responses

    Industry demands health warnings and fee clarity in FCA responses

    Early reactions to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Asset Management Market Study are calling for ‘health warnings’ over fees, simpler communications and enhanced governance of fund manager boards.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Hawkish Yellen should act ASAP

    PA ANALYSIS: Hawkish Yellen should act ASAP

    Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen offered the market a hawkish message on Tuesday as she indicated the US economy might be poised for a series of gradual interest rate increases, starting as early as next month.

  • Man GLG launches global long/short value fund

    Man GLG launches global long/short value fund

    Man GLG has launched a global long/short, market neutral, value-oriented fund for Niels Pecriaux.

  • PA ANALYSIS: Should you put healthcare equities under the microscope?

    PA ANALYSIS: Should you put healthcare equities under the microscope?

    Not one to mince his words, when Donald Trump used his first press conference since being elected to accuse the pharmaceutical industry of “getting away with murder” it looked like the US drug industry didn’t have the respite they were expecting when Hillary Clinton was pipped to the post.

  • Towry investment team depart following Tilney deal

    Towry investment team depart following Tilney deal

    At least seven members of the ex-Towry investment team have been made redundant following its acquisition by Tilney Group.

  • Woodford IM and L&G to fund UK start-ups

    Woodford IM and L&G to fund UK start-ups

    Woodford Investment Management (IM) and Legal & General’s principal investment arm have taken stakes in a £150m venture platform to support UK digital start-ups at all stages of the funding cycle.

  • Trump could sway Brexit negotiations – Franklin Templeton

    Trump could sway Brexit negotiations – Franklin Templeton

    Donald Trump’s win may inspire further surprise political outcomes in Europe, according to Franklin Templeton.

  • UBS launches ETF suite as inflation threat looms

    UBS launches ETF suite as inflation threat looms

    UBS Asset Management has listed five new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking two benchmarks of US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Tips).

  • Invesco Perpetual launches global income fund

    Invesco Perpetual launches global income fund

    Invesco Perpetual is launching the Global Targeted Income fund on Wednesday (30 November).

  • Wealth manager launches in Harrogate

    Wealth manager launches in Harrogate

    Harrogate Wealth Management, a new financial advice firm, has been launched by financial adviser Lee Hurst.

  • Populism can be profitable - Jupiter's Irvine

    Populism can be profitable – Jupiter’s Irvine

    Jupiter’s Alastair Irvine is keeping an open mind about the rising tide of populism across developed markets as he points out that change need not always be negative for investors.

  • Aberdeen hit by £32.8bn of net outflows

    Aberdeen hit by £32.8bn of net outflows

    Aberdeen Asset Management has reported £32.8bn of net outflows with negative economic and political newsflow having “weighed on investor sentiment”, according to chief executive Martin Gilbert.