PA ANALYSIS: Time for small caps to shine?
As valuations of big name companies in the United States and to some extent the United Kingdom look increasingly rich, investors may become more tempted to turn to less obvious targets.
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Jupiter nabs newton’s pidcock
Jason Pidcock has resigned from Newton Investment Management and is to join Jupiter to build up its Asian Income fund capability later this year.
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Strong performance vindicates decision to stick with Barnett – Edinburgh
Despite relatively subdued markets over the course of the year, Edinburgh Trust’s decision to retain Mark Barnett as portfolio manager has been vindicated by the strong performance produced during the year, trust chair Jim Pettigrew said.
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Columbia Threadneedle nabs F&C’s Nichols
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has added to its European equity capacity with the recruitment of Mark Nichols.
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HEAD -TO-HEAD: Black Rock Asian Dragon vs Investec Asian Equity
This week, China’s central bank announced a cut in its benchmark interest rate, the third time since November, in attempt to combat an economic slowdown and relieve deflationary pressures.
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Strong dollar drives largest global dividends drop for five years
Global dividends fell the most in five years year-on-year in the three months to 31 March, according to research by Henderson Global Investors.
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Clearing the active passive fog around increasingly blurred lines
Post-RDR, the passive and active camps have both moved on, with debates around active share, index biases and cost all coming to the fore in the spirit of innovation.
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Architas’ sweeney joins rock on multi asset suite
Architas has appointed Nathan Sweeney as co-manager on its active multi-asset fund suite following the departure of Stephanie Carbonneil for Schroders.
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Rlam reports net inflows of £111m
Royal London Asset Management has reported net new business inflows of £111m, down significantly from £902m reported at the same time last year.
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Em equity etp flows on the rise in april
Flows into broad emerging market equity ETPs were the strongest since last August, BlackRock said on Monday.
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China rate cut seen as latest in a series
China’s interest rate cut announced over the weekend is widely expected to be just the latest move in a monetary loosening process that could ultimately end in quantitative easing.
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Axa im launches flexible property fund to take advantage of deepening debt markets
In a bid to capitalise on the significant deepening of the real estate debt market that followed the disintermediation of banks in the wake of the financial crisis, Axa Investment Management has launched a global flexible property fund.