Investment

  • rayner spencer mills research hires minter-kemp

    rayner spencer mills research hires minter-kemp

    Former Cazenove Capital investment director Robin Minter-Kemp joins as non-executive director.

  • BlackRock launches two new ETFs

    BlackRock launches two new ETFs

    BlackRock has launched new emerging markets and US equities exchange-traded funds on the London Stock Exchange.

  • two main headwinds for inflation

    two main headwinds for inflation

    A strong Euro and devaluation in the peripheral economies are two main headwinds to inflation, Ian Kernohan, economist at Royal London Asset Management.

  • TSB to be sold on the cheap

    TSB to be sold on the cheap

    Lloyds Banking Group has set the price range of its proposed listing of TSB at 220-290p, a level which implies it will be sold at less than its book value

  • Are the days of GEM numbered

    Are the days of GEM numbered

    As the saying goes, ‘none but the brave deserve the fair’. As far as investors are concerned, perhaps it is better said that only the bravest should persue the fair-valued market.

  • Two ways to play the shift to value

    Two ways to play the shift to value

    Chris Kitchenham discusses three ideas he is rather excited about at the moment.

  • cofunds appoints strategy director

    cofunds appoints strategy director

    The investment platform has appointed Paul McMahon as strategy director on an initial six-month contract.

  • Schroders brings forward UK rate rise call

    Schroders brings forward UK rate rise call

    Schroders’ European economist Azad Zangana has brought forward his call on the likeliest point at which the Bank of England will raise interest rates

  • Dipping a toe back into banks

    Dipping a toe back into banks

    Samantha Gleave, fund manager in the LionTrust cashflow solution team, says Banco Santander is first retail bank to be added to their funds in a number of years.

  • EM increase planned by three in five managers

    EM increase planned by three in five managers

    Three in five London-based wealth managers and financial advisers are planning to raise allocations to emerging markets, BlackRock says.

  • rathbones appoints co-managers for recovery fund

    rathbones appoints co-managers for recovery fund

    Two new co-managers take on the Rathbone Recovery Fund as Marina Bond steps back from her current role as co-manager.

  • Natixis launches two new SICAVs

    Natixis launches two new SICAVs

    Natixis Global Asset Management has launched two new Luxembourg-based SICAVs.