Investment

  • Hasley im hires philbin to helm mm fund launches

    Hasley im hires philbin to helm mm fund launches

    Ex-Architas and F&C multi-manager specialist Richard Philbin has joined Hampshire-based Hasley Investment Management ahead of new volatility-focused fund launches later this year.

  • Ignis hires credit strategies head

    Ignis hires credit strategies head

    Ignis Asset Management has hired Ingrid Neitsch as head of credit strategies ahead of an institutional fund launch later this year.

  • Low must aim high to save swip

    Low must aim high to save swip

    As director of equities, Swips William Low faces a tough task in getting its flagship funds in order and, quite frankly, saving the reputation of a group which has suffered more than its fair share of negative headlines in recent years.

  • how to generate income and sleep soundly

    how to generate income and sleep soundly

    It seems there is a scarcity of asset classes where investors can guarantee a high income and still sleep soundly but, beyond equities, where else should investors look?

  • sell gilts and buy equities Dinning

    sell gilts and buy equities Dinning

    Bill Dinning reviews a world where central banks and policymakers control short-term markets, giving his pearls of wisdom as to why policymakers should instead take the lead and what they should do.

  • Allianz reopens renminbi bond fund to UK investors

    Allianz reopens renminbi bond fund to UK investors

    After soft-closing the proposition in December last year, Allianz Global Investors has reopened its Renminbi Fixed Income Fund.

  • Witan results highlight manager outperformance

    Witan results highlight manager outperformance

    Witan Investment Trusts NAV climbed 5.1% in the first half of the year, with seven of its 11 external managers beating their benchmarks.

  • kay review a cracking read

    kay review a cracking read

    The IMA’s Richard Saunders gives his take on the Kay Review, and says that while a lot of it is valid, it lacks focus on the roles played by investment banks.

  • mandgs success a double-edged sword

    mandgs success a double-edged sword

    Prudentials half-year results show M&G in rude health, achieving just under £5bn of inflows, but what does the future hold for a firm that leans heavily upon its fixed income success?

  • brazil raise competitiveness greater investment

    brazil raise competitiveness greater investment

    Victor Arakaki urges Brazil’s President Dilma to encourage greater saving and investment, particularly by its government, to regenerate its competitiveness on the global stage.

  • liontrust adds RDR share class to macro funds

    liontrust adds RDR share class to macro funds

    Liontrust is adding an institutional share class to two of its range of Macro Funds.

  • changing nothing does not mean doing nothing

    changing nothing does not mean doing nothing

    Peter Clark equates managing a portfolio today with a goalkeeper facing a penalty – standing still may be the ‘keeper’s best bet but that does not mean he has not put an awful lot of work into making sure that is the best option.