Investment Association makes key hire for Brussels expansion
Move would have happened irrespective of Brexit
Move would have happened irrespective of Brexit
Sterling Strategic Bond funds led redemptions in June as the UK funds industry sees net sales fall 75% from the same period last year.
The Investment Association (IA) has highlighted homophobic and transphobic banter as an issue that needs to be addressed by asset managers as it sheds light on coming out or being out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual (LGBT+) in the industry.
BT chairman Jan du Plessis has come under fire for suggesting it is difficult to find women with sufficient experience to sit on the complex boards of global companies.
The Investment Association’s (IA) decision to divide its Property sector into two separate sectors will end “apple and pear” comparisons, although even within the new UK Direct Property sector there will be plenty of variation.
The Investment Association has called for major indices to bypass companies in a new premium listing category for sovereign-controlled companies, despite the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) offering concessions to the industry on the back of accusations it was pandering to Saudi Arabia as it prepared to list its state-owned oil company.
FTSE highs failed to entice investors in April as they continued to pull money from UK equity funds, according to the latest monthly sales figures from the Investment Association.
Despite positive net retail sales across the UK authorised funds industry, assets under management fell 2% in March due to market movements, Investment Association data shows.
Absolute return joined the majority of Investment Association (IA) sectors that failed to deliver positive returns in Q1, with only five sectors making investors money over the period, according to BMO Global Asset Management.
Platforms’ market dominance has declined over the past year, according to the Investment Association’s (IA) January statistics.
In what was a dismal month for markets generally, the UK and European equities were the pits, making up the five worst performing Investment Association sectors for February. But have the asset classes lost their lustre?
The Investment Association ETF committee has appointed Lyxor Asset Management’s Adam Laird as its first chairman.