Vodafone cash to reinvest or not
Fund managers are eyeing Vodafone shares again after its history-making cash pay-out to shareholders.
Fund managers are eyeing Vodafone shares again after its history-making cash pay-out to shareholders.
Kames Capital takes Carolyn Bell on board for North America equities team.
Kames Capital has hired derivatives expert Nick Chatters on David Roberts 26-strong fixed income team.
Kames Capitals Stephen Snowden has made his case for holding on to Contingent Convertible Notes, or CoCo bonds, as those issued by Lloyds in 2009 were nicknamed but his jury is out on the comparable new product by Barclays.
Kames Capital is to launch a Property Authorised Investment Fund (PAIF) in 2014s first quarter.
Kames Capital has changed the mandate for its inflation-linked fund to benchmark against the UK Retail Price Index +4% over the medium term.
Richard Buxton and David Pringle are both experts in UK equity investment and an intriguing comparison of two managers looking for alpha in very different ways.
Absolute return as a strategy is getting a great deal of coverage at the moment, both in the trade press and with fund groups out on the road presenting to wealth managers face-to-face.
Scott Fleming has joined the Kames Capital fixed income team as a fund manager and he will specialise in analysing exotic bond markets.
Scott Jamieson has been made lead manager on the Kames Inflation Linked Fund following the appointment of current head Stephen Jones as chief investment officer.
A distinct difference in the investment environment this year compared to last is that there seems to be some clarity in the equity market, with stock pickers coming to the fore.
Kames Capital has boosted the team on its High Yield Global Bond fund by promoting Claire McGuckin to co-manager alongside Phil Milburn.