Mirabaud appoints inaugural head of equities
Anu Narula is to head up the Mirabaud equities team, taking on a new role introduced as part of the development of the bank’s asset management division.
Investment
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New Morgan Stanley structured
Morgan Stanley has launched a new structured product targeting the 20 largest stocks by market capitalisation in the FTSE 100.
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its not just about autocalls
Ian Lowes, founder of StructuredProductReview.com, surveys the structured product market and urges advisers to look outside the autocall box.
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UBS launches diversified commodities ETF
UBS Global Asset Management has launched a new commodities ETF which tracks the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Total Return Index, a benchmark weighted according to economic and liquidity data and individual commodities’ global consumption patterns.
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Property the only blip as its rise
Investment trusts have outperformed their open-ended equivalents in 14 out of 16 sectors over the past 10 years, with property the only category that has consistently bucked this trend during that period, according to a study by Canaccord Genuity.
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BlackRock given go ahead
BlackRock’s acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF business is due to complete by 1 July after being approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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Natural resources steeled for an uptick
Natural resources are an attractive long term investment proposition while record low valuations of assets make this the ideal time to invest across the asset class according to one fund management team.
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Fashioning growth from a thematic approach to ems
Two cherubic check-shirted centurions guard the Regent St branch of Abercrombie & Fitch with the casual haughtiness of off-duty beefeaters… in designer sandals.
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Thornburg opens London office
US-based asset manager Thornburg Investment Management has opened a London office, headed by two newly-recruited joint managing directors.
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Investment companies ditch UK
Investment company exposure to the UK has fallen 9% over the past ten years, while investment in G8 economies has fallen by eight percentage points over the same period, according to data provided by the AIC.
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Investec takes a punt on property
Investec Wealth and Investment is changing its property allocation for the first time since 2008, doubling its allocation to the asset class in a bid to cash in on its recovery.
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beating technophobia
Technology is a theme many investors like, but are too nervous about playing through a specialist fund. Andrews Gwynne's Mark Smith is not and, having just reviewed the firm's technology exposure, here are the conclusions.