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RSMR puts funds under microscope amid manager changes
With the management of the Edinburgh Investment trust sorted, what will happen to Invesco’s income funds?
Paul Read and Stuart Edwards of Invesco Perpetual’s fixed income team believe income rather than capital growth will remain a key focus for both UK and global bond investors during 2014‚ but there are fewer opportunities available.
Jonathan Brown has taken over as sole manager of the £470m Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Equity Fund as Richard Smith stands down pending his imminent retirement.
It has been confirmed that Neil Woodford will be joining Oakley Capital Management on 1 May 2014 as he prepares to leave Invesco Perpetual after 25 years.
UK equity income funds in the open-ended space have waved goodbye to roughly £300m following the announcement Neil Woodford would leave Invesco Perpetual.
The board of Edinburgh Investment Trust may be “sympathetic” to management proposals from Invesco Perpetual if they centre around its new UK equity head, though analysts have said the fund’s mandate could be tweaked if Mark Barnett takes the helm.
The past few months have seen a trend of rising bond yields that was broken in September. Developments at the Federal Reserve took a more dovish turn, easing the chief source of recent market concern.
Investec Wealth & Investment has upped its position in Neil Woodford’s Edinburgh Investment Trust, taking advantage of its drop to a discount after the star announced his exit from Invesco Perpetual.
Neil Woodford is to leave Invesco Perpetual next April.
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