isaacs strategic bond fund only
Corporate bond issuance from high-quality companies is so scarce at the moment that Schroders’ recently launched Strategic Bond Fund is only around 60% invested, manager Gareth Isaacs has revealed.
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iveagh scraps performance fee
Iveagh, the fund management business backed by the Guinness family has removed the performance fee from its Wealth Fund, which was previously 10% over hurdle.
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hsbc launches first international RMB bond
HSBC has launched the first international renminbi (RMB) bond outside Chinese sovereign territory, a move it said signalled a significant step in the internationalisation of the currency and in the development of London as an RMB centre.
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Name change approved for blackrock trust
The renaming of British Portfolio Trust to BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust has been approved by shareholders following the appointment in March of the fund giant as its investment manager.
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forest schroders isf global multiasset income fund
Schroders has unveiled its new go-anywhere Global Multi-Asset Income Fund for manager Aymeric Forest.
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ex-threadneedle emd head resigned
Our article of 12 April 2012 entitled “Threadneedle’s head of EMD leaves amid strategy overhaul” could have created the impression that head of emerging debt Richard House was leaving Threadneedle as a result of the restructuring of the group’s fixed income capability announced on 12 April and at Threadneedle’s suggestion.
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Pioneer continues EM research hires
Pioneer has recruited five research analysts for its newly-established emerging markets desk in London.
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buy bolton if discount widens
Investors should continue to hold Anthony Bolton’s China Special Situations Fund and perhaps even increase exposure to it if the discount widens further, according to Mick Gilligan, head of research at Killik & Co.
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investec structured products launches
Investec Structured Products has launched its latest collection of plans offering a variety of risk and return profiles with either a deposit or investment slant.
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the investment trusts shaking up
More than 80% of the 25 largest investment companies have outperformed their benchmarks over 10 years, with an average compound outperformance of 3.3%, according to new research from Canaccord Genuity.
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invesco perpetual to build a multimanager business
Invesco Perpetual is planning the launch of its own multi-manager business in the run-up to RDR.
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kestrel launches global multi asset fund
Kestrel Investment Partners has launched a new global multi-asset fund, the Kestrel Global Portfolio.