The seven best-selling funds in August
Which funds did investors turn to during an uncharacteristically volatile August? Portfolio Adviser takes a look at Bestinvest’s top sellers over the month.
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Aberdeen and SJP ‘worst of the worst’ funds in Bestinvest report
A report by Bestinvest has named and shamed Aberdeen Asset Management and St James’s Place for running some of the worst-performing equity ‘dog’ funds.
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The best-selling funds in June
In these volatile times, the Tilney Group’s managing director Jason Hollands talks through the funds that managed to attract investors via the Bestinvest Online Investment Service in June.
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Terry Smith fund balloons to £10.5bn as sales pour in
Terry Smith’s six-year old Fundsmith Equity fund has surged to £10.5bn in size as it continues to dominate execution-only fund sales charts.
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European Wealth buy Towry’s £120m South African client book
European Wealth has bought a book of business from Towry Asset Management, based on its clients in South Africa, who are estimated to have £120m ($152m, €132m) worth of assets.
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PA ANALYSIS: The great global equity fund flop
Equities have inarguably been the best growth trade of recent years, so why have global funds, which supposedly cherry pick the winners, consistently struggled?
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EQ opens high net-worths bespoke solutions capacity
EQ Investors has opened its doors to high net-worth clients with the launch of a bespoke solutions capacity.
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Saga, Tilney retirement JV one step closer to launch with MD hire
Saga Investment Services, the investment and financial planning joint venture owned by Saga and Tilney Bestinvest has hired Nicola Audhlam-Gardiner as managing director.
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9bn merger of Tilney and Bestinvest complete
Tilney and Bestinvest have completed the merger to create an investment financial planning giant.
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Bestinvest adviser Cottrell joins Hargreave Hale
Senior investment adviser at Bestinvest, Jeannette Cottrell, has left the firm and joined Hargreave Hale.
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bestinvest spot the dog funds feature nimmo
The twice-yearly naming and shaming by Bestinvest has grabbed Standard Life’s UK Smaller Companies fund and thrown it in the kennel.
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Are markets just a little too calm
With volatility near or at record lows across most asset classes and central banks starting to change their tune, is it time to be a little more cautious?