Investment

  • Fleming joins Kames in fixed income team boost

    Fleming joins Kames in fixed income team boost

    Scott Fleming has joined the Kames Capital fixed income team as a fund manager and he will specialise in analysing exotic bond markets.

  • defend the indefensible

    defend the indefensible

    Ashcourt Rowan's Stephen Walker admits it is easy to bash gilts on a poor return/low-yield argument but says that is not enough to keep them out of an investor’s portfolio.

  • Barings boosts GEM team with two new hires

    Barings boosts GEM team with two new hires

    Staffan Lindfeldt has been appointed head of global emerging market equities at Barings Asset Management following the departure of Roberto Lampl.

  • Source US Energy ETF widens investor base

    Source US Energy ETF widens investor base

    The Source Morningstar US Energy Infrastructure MLP Ucits ETF has attracted $45m since its launch last month, and the fund is now available to retail investors in seven more European countries.

  • State Street appoints head of EMEA ETFs

    State Street appoints head of EMEA ETFs

    Alexis Marinof has been appointed as inaugural head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at State Street Global Investors’ ETF platform SPDR as business in the area gains momentum.

  • UK optimists should stick to their guns

    UK optimists should stick to their guns

    I was at a clay pigeon shoot this week, and it was remarkable how everyone played down their own chances of winning, even those who had brought their own guns. It got me wondering if our national characteristic of self-deprecation informs what we say about targets for our own economy and markets.

  • Cullen launches enhanced equity income fund

    Cullen launches enhanced equity income fund

    US-income specialist Cullen Capital Management is to launch US Enhanced Equity Income Fund, an equity vehicle with a covered call option overlay designed to offer a bond-like volatility profile.

  • a bit of a fright

    a bit of a fright

    Twenty Four Asset Management's John Magrath takes a look at asset-backed securities, out of favour since the financial crisis, but perhaps also widely misunderstood.

  • tackling the taper

    tackling the taper

    Ashburton's head of asset allocation, Tristan Hanson, turns his attention to the biggest issue of the day – the idea of the Federal Reserve tapering QE and the effect it will have on markets as and when it happens.

  • Aviva multi-asset manager announces departure

    Aviva multi-asset manager announces departure

    Nick Samouilhan and Peter Fitzgerald are taking over the management of a range of Aviva Investors multi-asset funds following the departure of manager Justin Onuekwusi.

  • Austrian AM launches GBP share class

    Austrian AM launches GBP share class

    Raiffeisen Capital Management has launched sterling share classes for three of its emerging markets equities funds as it looks to expand its presence in the international market.

  • Fixed income hit new highs in April

    Fixed income hit new highs in April

    Equity funds registered net outflows for the first time for eight months in April as demand for allocation and alternative funds remained strong and fixed income inflows reached a record high of 26.54bn.