Baillie Gifford appoints Slater as US head
Baillie Gifford has appointed Tom Slater as head of its North American team, taking over from interim head Gary Robinson.
Equities
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St. James’s Place lines up double launch
St. James’s Place is to launch new bond and income funds on 2 November.
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Schroders launches onshore version of global recovery fund
Schroders is launching an onshore version of its Schroder ISF Global Recovery Fund on 30 October. The fund will be managed by Nick Kirrage, Kevin Murphy and Andrew Lyddon.
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Shell pulls FTSE 100 south
Royal Dutch Shell has revealed an $8.2bn write-off related to its Alaskan misadventures, sending both its own shares and the FTSE 100 lower.
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PA ANALYSIS: Should investors worry about UK growth?
With market confidence still fragile after the China-inspired slump, the last thing UK equities funds needed was soft economic data to be released.
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Fund selectors, wake up and negotiate your fees!
A poll at Expert Investor Europe’s Alternative Ucits Congress in Versailles earlier this month showed that little over half of delegates negotiate the fees they pay for their alternative investment funds. Dan Kemp of Morningstar finds this figure ‘surprisingly low’, and suggests that fund selectors should attach more importance to costs.
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The crash barriers that will protect you when the going gets tough
Markets at summer’s end were as volatile as the seasonal British weather. But how can investors prepare themselves for even stormier times?
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‘Golden age’ for travel stocks – Jupiter
Travel-related stocks could be some of the best bargains within UK equities, according to Jupiter UK Growth fund manager Steve Davies.
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PA ANALYSIS: The red flags in FTSE 100 companies
Analysts and commentators of various stripes have been falling over each other to proclaim this quarter and the start of next year to be a high volatility, high risk period.
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Commodities ideas creeping in at the margins
Plunging oil prices and fears over Chinese growth have left commodities stocks on the floor. And, managers are increasingly divided on whether or not there is any life left in them.
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China GDP surprise does little to lift markets
China announced higher than expected gross domestic product growth of 6.9% overnight, but markets in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe were unimpressed.
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Fed inaction prompts Barings allocation moves
In view of the US rate hike that didn’t happen, Sonja Laud, head of multi-asset income at Baring AM, made some recent tactical allocations.