Investment

  • MPC minutes add fuel to rate rise fire

    MPC minutes add fuel to rate rise fire

    The minutes of the last meeting of the Bank of Englands monetary policy committee have revealed some members are moving towards a rate rise in their thinking.

  • mark benstead takes up hodges role at lgim

    mark benstead takes up hodges role at lgim

    Mark Benstead has been appointed as a senior portfolio manager within the companys UK credit team.

  • PA ANALYSIS a year of evolution for the ima

    PA ANALYSIS a year of evolution for the ima

    So far, 2014 has proven to be one of the Investment Management Association’s most eventful years.

  • Performance indicators can they be trusted

    Performance indicators can they be trusted

    There are a number of measures advisers can use to assess investment managers performance. One of these, the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), hit the headlines recently when Rathbones announced it was GIPS compliant. But what are GIPS, how do they compare

  • Chris Coombe appointed City Financial CFO

    Chris Coombe appointed City Financial CFO

    With 30 years of industry experience, City Financial will look to Coombe to help launch and develop the groups expansion.

  • IMA and ABI to complete merger switch chairman

    IMA and ABI to complete merger switch chairman

    The Investment Management Association and the Association of British Insurers Investment Affairs arm are set to complete their merger on 30 June and will become The Investment Association.

  • sgpb hambros grows new adviser team

    sgpb hambros grows new adviser team

    As part of its strategic plan, the UK wealth management arm of the bank is switching its focus from products to services.

  • bny mellon launches us opportunities fund

    bny mellon launches us opportunities fund

    Lead portfolio manager Daglio believes that attractive market areas include financials, manufacturing and technology.

  • St Jamess Place completes Henley Group

    St Jamess Place completes Henley Group

    St Jamess Place, one of the UKs largest wealth managers, has completed its acquisition of The Henley Group.

  • threadneedle appoints quartet for us equities team

    threadneedle appoints quartet for us equities team

    Following the departure of head of US equities Cormac Weldon, Threadneedle has hired four to expand the team.

  • Going away this summer

    Going away this summer

    According to Investecs Max King, the current market environment is proving to be as benign a background for multi-asset investment as one could hope for.

  • jp morgan am hires bilton to head global strategy

    jp morgan am hires bilton to head global strategy

    John Bilton has joined JP Morgan AM as new head of the global strategy team.