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  • Architas appoints investment manager

    Architas appoints investment manager

    Former Russell Investments manager Mayank Markanday has joined Architas as an investment manager.

  • FE launches responsibly managed portfolio range

    FE launches responsibly managed portfolio range

    FE has launched three model portfolios to cash in on the growing world of sustainable investing, it announced on Monday morning.

  • Franklin Templeton’s Morton: Brexit won’t matter in 10 years’ time

    Franklin Templeton’s Morton: Brexit won’t matter in 10 years’ time

    Brexit may seem like the be-all-and-end-all but Colin Morton, lead manager of the Franklin UK Equity Income fund, argues that Britain’s large caps are more adaptable than meets the eye.

  • Axa Framlington: It’s all about Cyber Monday

    Axa Framlington: It’s all about Cyber Monday

    Cyber Monday, when consumers take to the web to find bargains, is set to outstrip Black Friday in terms of retail sales, Axa Framlington says.

  • Will EIS changes make a difference?

    Investors were divided on chancellor Philip Hammond’s changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), with the naysayers criticising it for failing to tackle potential market abuse and others optimistic that it will provide greater incentive to aid fledgling businesses. 

  • Miton’s shares spike as it teases higher full year profits

    Miton’s shares spike as it teases higher full year profits

    Shares in Miton took off Friday morning after it hinted that profits for the full-year are “expected to exceed current market expectations”.

  • Provident Financial’s executive chairman dies

    Provident Financial’s executive chairman dies

    Provident Financial has confirmed that its executive chairman Manjit Wolstenholme has died at the age of 53.

  • SLI adds global credit and Reits to MyFolio range

    SLI adds global credit and Reits to MyFolio range

    The £10bn Standard Life Investments (SLI) MyFolio range has added global corporate bonds, short-dated global corporate bonds and Reits to its portfolio.

  • Equities to rise despite high valuations, says NN IP

    Equities to rise despite high valuations, says NN IP

    High valuations are not an indication that equity markets will continue their upward trend in 2018 and investors should focus on trends instead, believes Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, CIO of NN Investment Partners.

  • Seven Black Friday bargains

    Seven Black Friday bargains

    Consumers in the UK and globally will seek out bargains on Black Friday, but what about the investment world? Portfolio Adviser looks at the views of seven managers and areas in the market that they see as undervalued.

  • Three funds to benefit from the budget

    Three funds to benefit from the budget

    While lacking in headline grabbing announcements, Architas investment director Adrian Lowcock has identified three funds which are set to benefit from Wednesday’s budget.

  • BlackRock adds to fixed income ETF range

    BlackRock has launched a new exchange traded fund which offers investors the ability to track a flagship global investment grade debt index.