F and C US investment trust
F&C’s US Smaller Companies Trust could find its premium come under pressure following the resignation of Robert Siddles, who has decided to join Jupiter.
F&C’s US Smaller Companies Trust could find its premium come under pressure following the resignation of Robert Siddles, who has decided to join Jupiter.
Funds in the IMA Global Emerging Markets sector show the most consistency for top quartile returns, followed by those in the Japan peer group, according to Gary Potter and Rob Burdett’s quarterly F&C MM Fund Watch.
F&C Capital and Income returned 14.5% over the six months to 31 March, while NAV per share increased 12%, according to the company’s interim statement.
Despite outflows of just over £1bn from its third-party institutional business, F&C Asset Management is moving ever closer to running £100bn in assets, according to its latest interim statement.
F&C Investments is to launch a global fund for small caps specialist Catherine Stanley.
Edward Bramson, the man renowned for the activist ousting of F&C’s former chairman, Nick MacAndrew, has topped up his shares in the company by almost £200,000 in the past few days, Portfolio Adviser can reveal.
Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust is adopting a more cautious approach to investment in 2013 due to continued economic uncertainty.
After a great deal of speculation, the much-loved Thames River brand is to be consigned to history as its parent company F&C supersedes it.
F&C’s group assets under management fell by over £1bn in the final quarter of 2012 from £96.8bn to £95.2bn chiefly due to outflows from its institutional business.
F&C Asset Management has named Richard Wilson as its new chief executive after an “extensive” search.
F&C Asset Management has appointed Ross Duncton as head of direct to consumer as part of its strategic plan to bolster direct marketing.
F&C Asset Management has confirmed the departure of Fatima Luis and three other fixed income employees due to a restructure of its bond proposition, but said there was "nothing sinister" about the integration of Thames River's credit team into its own high yield team.