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  • premiers white sticks with shell

    premiers white sticks with shell

    Chris White, manager of the Premier Income fund, is sticking with his holding in Shell in spite of the recent surprise profits warning.

  • investors turn from hedge funds in december

    investors turn from hedge funds in december

    Investors redeemed $4.4bn from hedge funds in December, bucking an otherwise stellar year for the asset class, according to the latest statistics from eVestment.

  • polar capital sees asset growth slow

    polar capital sees asset growth slow

    Polar Capital has seen assets under management leap 80% over the past six months, but saw momentum slow in the quarter to December.

  • Baillie Gifford promotes partners as two retire

    Baillie Gifford promotes partners as two retire

    Baillie Gifford promotes three partners as two retire.

  • looking for some new ideas in emerging

    looking for some new ideas in emerging

    Here, Morningstar OBSRs Oliver Kettlewell picks three newcomers whose flexibility and taste for the frontiers sets them aside…

  • Yield chasers targeting property

    Yield chasers targeting property

    Investment in commercial property hit its highest level last year since the financial crisis.

  • IT managers say Abenomics is on track

    IT managers say Abenomics is on track

    The wide-ranging programme to revitalise the Japanese economy and raise its growth rate in the long term, as well as provide short-term stimulus, dubbed Abenomics, is on track.

  • FCA sets deadline in clampdown

    FCA sets deadline in clampdown

    The FCA has issued its finalised guidance on inducements, taking on its three main causes for concern in the relationship between product providers and advisers.

  • five polls shake up emerging markets

    five polls shake up emerging markets

    Among a raft of general elections this year‚ five emerging market countries will be going to the polls that could change the direction‚ pace and policy driving future economic growth.

  • fidelitys wright ups weighting in cyclicals

    fidelitys wright ups weighting in cyclicals

    Fidelity Special Values manager Alex Wright has moved the portfolio to favour more economically sensitive assets over the three months to 30 November.

  • peirson says merger activity key in 2014

    peirson says merger activity key in 2014

    Richard Peirson, manager of the Axa Framlington Managed Balanced fund, says that equities are unlikely to deliver the strong returns seen in 2013 this year, but merger and acquisition activity could be a catalyst to drive stock markets higher.

  • aberdeen hit by poor em sentiment

    aberdeen hit by poor em sentiment

    Aberdeen Asset Management saw equity assets hit by poor sentiment towards Asian and emerging markets for the 3 months to 31 December.