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  • polar capital launches us fund

    polar capital launches us fund

    Andrew Holliman is to run Polar Capital’s first long-only US equity fund, three months after joining the firm from Threadneedle.

  • gilliat targets income-hungry investors

    gilliat targets income-hungry investors

    Gilliat Financial Solutions has launched its highest ever income offering, targeted at yield-starved investors.

  • fsa warns avaricious structured products firms

    fsa warns avaricious structured products firms

    The FSA has introduced further guidance on structured product design having found that firms are putting their commercial interests above consumer needs.

  • fundsmith unveils ucits iv sicav feeder fund

    fundsmith unveils ucits iv sicav feeder fund

    Terry Smiths Fundsmith is using Ucits IV legislation to launch a Sicav feeder fund version of its existing Equity Fund Oeic.

  • henderson sees aum tumble by 9bn

    henderson sees aum tumble by 9bn

    Henderson Global Investors saw AUM fall by £9bn in Q3 as retail outflows from its own funds and acquired Gartmore funds totalled £946m.

  • property trusts trump other investment companies

    property trusts trump other investment companies

    Returns from property investment trusts have beaten those of investment companies as a whole over the past three years, attracting investors back to the sector, according to the Association of Investment Companies.

  • ubs launches global diversified fund

    ubs launches global diversified fund

    UBS Global Asset Management has launched a Global Diversified Fund with David Buckle as lead manager.

  • chatfeild roberts hands over to somerville

    chatfeild roberts hands over to somerville

    John Chatfeild-Roberts is to hand over lead manager duties for the Jupiter Global Managed Fund to Simon Somerville, in order to concentrate on his role as CIO of the group.

  • lgim retail fund flows slump

    lgim retail fund flows slump

    Legal & General Investment Management’s retail business saw new fund flows more than half in the first nine months of 2011, year-on-year, even as the firm’s total AUM grew.

  • madof victim bramdean to launch fund supermarket

    madof victim bramdean to launch fund supermarket

    Bramdean Asset Management (BAM), which was caught out in 2008 due to investments in Bernard Madoff’s fund, has confirmed it is planning to launch an online funds supermarket called beesandhoney.com.

  • threadneedle and lvam partnership

    threadneedle and lvam partnership

    Threadneedle Investments today announced the details of the transfer of LV= retail funds, confirming no fund managers would be moving with their mandates and hinting further changes were to come.

  • rathbone utms quarterly  net inflows continue

    rathbone utms quarterly net inflows continue

    Rathbone UTM’s net fund inflows continue to rise even though the company’s total assets under management have fallen during the year so far.