Fidelity Japan touted as cheap alternative to Baillie Gifford
Fidelity Japan Trust has been pushed as a cheap alternative to a Baillie Gifford investment trust as industry veteran Sarah Whitley prepares to retire.
Author: Sonia Rach
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Nucleus poaches client relations head from Standard Life
Nucleus has poached Valerie Rogerson from Standard Life to head its client relations team.
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BoE scorned for brutal corporate bonds assessment
The Bank of England has been pilloried for its brutal assessment of the sterling corporate bond market given its role in driving yields so low.
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The Share Centre ups Woodford Patient Capital stake
The Share Centre’s investment director Sheridan Admans has upped his stake in Neil Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust for the Multi Manager Adventurous fund.
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Tilney profits double over 2017
Tilney Group’s profits doubled from £43m in 2016 to £86.6m for the year to December 2017, boosted by rising assets and fees from financial planning and investment management.
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Jupiter’s head of strategy for global equities departs
Jupiter Asset Management’s head of strategy for global equity, Stephen Mitchell, has left the firm after three years.
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Chris St John says new manager found
Nigel Thomas and Chris St John say they’ve selected a secondary manager as part of their succession planning on the Axa Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund, but the appointment is unlikely to have much impact on the fund’s recently downgraded rating.
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Arbuthnot’s Gardner: ‘We are considering other overseas locations’
Arbuthnot Latham’s StJohn Gardner explains how he is inspired by the scouting movement’s can-do attitude and the benefit of having no in-house products when developing client solutions.
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Fund houses named and shamed for failing to speak plain English
Asset managers’ failure to speak plain English has been blamed on increasing compliance requirements as a report names and shames asset managers that use the most obscure language, long sentences and jargon on their websites.
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Liontrust boosts AUM 61%
Sustainable investment and global fixed income products boosted Liontrust’s assets under management by 61%, according to its latest full-year results.
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Quilter rallies after £2.7bn listing
Quilter’s successful listing on the London Stock Exchange this morning provides validation for the platforms industry as its shares rally 9.3% in early trading.
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The top five UK equity funds since the Brexit vote
Research by Chelsea Financial Services has revealed the top five performing funds in the two years since the UK voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
