Investment

  • Williams joins PSigma Income  management team

    Williams joins PSigma Income management team

    Gervais Williams is to join the management team of the PSigma Income Fund following Miton’s acquisition of PSigma earlier this summer.

  • Global equity returns to halve

    Global equity returns to halve

    Investors must expect global equity returns to halve compared to the growth enjoyed over the past five years since the Fed first initiated QE, according to UBS Wealth Managements CIO Alexander Friedman.

  • Small cap star Plackett adds to Rathbones

    Small cap star Plackett adds to Rathbones

    According to a stock exchange announcement, Richard Plackett, who runs the popular BlackRock UK Special Situations Fund, lifted his holding of the company to above the 5% reporting threshold.

  • Why Hanson is backing equities and high yield

    Why Hanson is backing equities and high yield

    Tristan Hanson, Ashburton’s head of asset allocation, runs through his outlook for 2014, and why he’s backing equities and high yield to deliver next year.

  • Jitters over Royal Mail valuation soothed

    Jitters over Royal Mail valuation soothed

    Royal Mails first-half operating profits have doubled to £283m, helping its shares climb close to 5% and silence its critics over its valuation.

  • Equities overvalued as Korea steals China crown

    Equities overvalued as Korea steals China crown

    Investors have upped their allocation to both equities and bonds in spite of a majority belief that equities are overvalued, a view not held since March 2004.

  • Kames readies 2014 PAIF launch

    Kames readies 2014 PAIF launch

    Kames Capital is to launch a Property Authorised Investment Fund (PAIF) in 2014s first quarter.

  • Allocean shipping investment offers 7 return

    Allocean shipping investment offers 7 return

    Allocean Maritime Investments is claiming to have launched the first direct commercial shipping assets investment regulated for the UK market.

  • Theo Zemek to exit Axa IM

    Theo Zemek to exit Axa IM

    Theo Zemek will be leaving Axa Investment Managers at the end of the year with Barclays John Porter taking the reins as global head of fixed income.

  • FCA fines SEI nearly for client money failings

    FCA fines SEI nearly for client money failings

    SEI Investments has been fined £900,200 by the Financial Conduct Authority for client money breaches.

  • Fund buyers must get braver now RDR is in force

    Fund buyers must get braver now RDR is in force

    The RDR will encourage a braver breed of fund buyer as they attempt to differentiate their offerings from the competition, according to the Group of Boutique Asset Managers.

  • First MSCI World Small Cap Index ETF unveiled

    First MSCI World Small Cap Index ETF unveiled

    State Street Global Advisors’ latest launch will allow investors to capture the “small cap premium”.