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  • vickers trades sarasin for russell move

    vickers trades sarasin for russell move

    Russell Investments is continuing to ramp up its multi-asset team with the hire of David Vickers as a senior portfolio manager on its £1.2bn Multi-Asset Growth Strategy.

  • Walker Crips eyes regional wealth pockets

    Walker Crips eyes regional wealth pockets

    Following its return to profit, Walker Crips' boss Rodney Fitzgerald is mulling over the opportunities in the North West, North East and competitive South West wealth markets.

  • no safety cushion europe stocks de tuch lec

    no safety cushion europe stocks de tuch lec

    Jacob de Tusch-Lec has more than one third of his Artemis Global Income Fund in European stocks yet argues their recent rally has eroded the safety margin in their valuations so they are far too exposed to government intervention.

  • Gregson readies resources fund for recovery

    Gregson readies resources fund for recovery

    Neil Gregson believes commodities have hit rock bottom and is readying his JPMorgan Natural Resources Fund for a recovery.

  • FCA bans investment consultant for market abuse

    FCA bans investment consultant for market abuse

    The FCA has banned an investment consultant for market abuse but spared him a fine.

  • charles stanley buys evercore

    charles stanley buys evercore

    Charles Stanley has acquired Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management in a bid to bolster its passives expertise.

  • TwentyFour set to boost trust suite

    TwentyFour set to boost trust suite

    Fixed income house TwentyFour Asset Management is set to pounce on the success of its first closed-end launch with the addition of more investment trusts to its range.

  • woodford trust board to consider options

    woodford trust board to consider options

    The Chairman of the Edinburgh Investment trust Jim Pettigrew has said the board would like to 'take some time to consider the options' for the future management of the trust following the announcement of the departure of Neil Woodford from Invesco Perpetual.

  • Moore backs Direct Line trump card

    Moore backs Direct Line trump card

    Standard Life Investments’ Tom Moore has pounced on weakness in the insurance sector to add Direct Line and Beazley to his UK Equity Income Unconstrained portfolio.

  • Ex Henderson boss joins SJP board

    Ex Henderson boss joins SJP board

    Ex-Henderson chief executive Roger Yates is to join the St James’s Place board.

  • EM managers need to hunt harder for gems

    EM managers need to hunt harder for gems

    The old export-led emerging markets story is dead, but the new age of global competitiveness is not yet born, according to Gary Greenberg, lead manager of the Hermes Global Emerging Markets Fund.

  • Sants bows out of Barclays role

    Sants bows out of Barclays role

    Hector Sants has decided to leave Barclays after taking some time out due to stress.