M&G racks up £8bn in redemptions but AUM rises
M&G continued to rack up outflows in 2016, but posted higher AUM by the end of the period.
M&G continued to rack up outflows in 2016, but posted higher AUM by the end of the period.
Three Franklin Templeton bond funds suffered more than €800m (£683m) outflows in January, according to Morningstar data.
Markets are too optimistic over the United States and have priced in expectations of government infrastructure spending that may take years to materialise, according to M&G Investment’s Claudia Calich and James Tomlins.
M&G Investments has launched two managed volatility funds targeting absolute returns.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has appointed Michelle Scrimgeour as chief executive officer, Europe, Middle East & Africa and CEO of Threadneedle Asset Management.
Pioneer Investments’ global head of compliance Neil Donnelly is set to leave the firm after 14 years to join M&G Investments in the new year.
Rate hikes and anti-global trade sentiment aside, emerging market equities remain cheap and fundamentals are stabilising, according to investment director Jeik Sohn.
M&G Investments has stemmed the flow of investor money out of its funds, according to a trading update from parent company Prudential.
M&G Investments UK equities manager Mike Felton is to leave the business after 11 years’ service.
M&G Investments has announced it will resume trading in the shares of the £4bn M&G Property Portfolio and its feeder fund at noon on Friday 4 November.
The mere suggestion of a revision of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy has already had an impact on government bond markets but the uncertainty surrounding the exact shape of governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s plan has left investors divided on whether genuine returns in the sector are possible.
Prudential owned M&G Investments recorded £7bn in net outflows over the first half of the year, and saw a 10% slide in profits.