Julius Baer steps up UK push with four hires
Julius Baer has hired Annabel Bosman, Damien Crommie, Matthew Garnham and Jamie Banks to the firm’s London office.
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JPMAM rolls out new US equities fund
JP Morgan Asset Management is rolling out a new US long-short equities fund managed by Rick I. Singh.
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Migration crisis could increase market volatility, says RBC’s Carrier
The European refugee crisis could cause a rise in market volatility, said Frédérique Carrier, director of European equities at RBC Wealth Management.
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Asia sees huge outflows from mixed asset
About $105bn flowed out of mixed asset products in Q3, and total net flows from retail investors were down by more than half, according to data from Strategic Insight.
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Bullish Barings MA team upgrades equities view
Barings’ Multi Asset Group has upgraded equities to “preferred”, amid encouraging signs of US growth.
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OMGI UK Smaller Cos offshore fund loses Gold rating as Nickols steps down
Morningstar has placed the former Gold-rated Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus fund under review following the announcement that manager Dan Nickols is to step down.
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Mergers favoured as half of UK funds close in 10 years
Just under half (48%) of all UK domiciled funds that were active on 30 September 2005 are now closed, according to Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company.
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Kames Capital launches emerging market bond fund
Kames Capital is launching The Kames Emerging Market Bond Fund that will invest primarily in investment grade debt of EM sovereigns and corporates, mainly in hard currency.
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Pridham Report: Insurers with platforms dominate sales charts
While Woodford Investment Management took top position in terms of net retail sales in Q3, it was firms with better control over their distribution that dominated the fund sales chart, according to the latest Pridham Report.
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Lyxor shifts key developed market ETFs to physical replication
In a bid to improve the efficiency of its ETF range, Lyxor plans to switch a number of its key European, global and US ETFs to physical replication.
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Unicorn launches IHT portfolio service
Unicorn Asset Management and WM Capital Management have launched an Inheritance Tax Portfolio Service.
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iShares ETF targets ‘largest and most liquid’ frontier stocks
iShares plans to launch a Ucits ETF tracking the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 10/40 Index, representing the largest and most liquid frontier market stocks.