Neptune founder Robin Geffen has warned the UK equity income sector’s favourite stocks include several “zombie” companies or firms that are hanging on for dear life that could be in serious financial trouble in a rising interest rate environment.
Neptune has confirmed it is losing its India fund manager to a start-up emerging markets fund, the same week its hire of a high-profile fixed income veteran indicated its raft of staff exits might be coming to an end.
Neptune Investment Management has nabbed industry heavyweight Theodora Zemek for a newly-created senior fixed income role after a number of fund manager exits over the last two years.
Neptune founder Robin Geffen and CIO James Dowey have downplayed the recent tech sell-off and said that a “full blown” trade war between the US and China is unlikely.
Pensioners who believe the popular opinion that stocks are riskier than bonds overall risk “under-funding their retirement”, James Dowey, Neptune’s CIO and chief economist, has warned.
Neptune chief executive Robin Geffen is incredibly concerned by the current glut of “complicated” funds that lack portfolio transparency, saying they remind him of the “worst investment” he ever made.
Ex-Neptune China fund manager Douglas Turnbull has landed at Invesco Perpetual’s emerging markets team, following his recent departure from the firm.
Matthew Butcher has left Neptune Investment Management as the firm revealed it has abandoned plans to launch its own wealth management business.
Neptune Investment Management’s £32m China fund manager Douglas Turnbull has left the firm after more than 10 years.
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The first quarter of 2017 continued on from the hectic end to last year, with plenty of macro and market events to keep fund managers on their toes. Here, based on data from FE Analytics, are the top 10 performing UK retail funds by 3-month performance.
To promote “diversified” income streams, Neptune Investment Management will include information about where its equity income funds get their yield from.
