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  • OMGI converts strat bond fund to absolute return

    OMGI converts strat bond fund to absolute return

    Old Mutual Global Investors is to convert the Dublin-listed version of its Global Strategic Bond Fund into an absolute return vehicle, while planning to escape the risk of “crowding” associated with funds in the sector.

  • Old Mutual moves to protect UK Dynamic Equity from excess growth

    Old Mutual moves to protect UK Dynamic Equity from excess growth

    Old Mutual Global Investors has announced measures to reduce inflows of client money into its £540m UK Dynamic Equity fund run by Luke Kerr.

  • OMGI launches high-risk portfolio amid funds rebrand

    OMGI launches high-risk portfolio amid funds rebrand

    Old Mutual Global Investors will launch a new portfolio this summer after a rebrand of its Spectrum fund range to the ‘Creation Portfolios’.

  • Buxton bullish on 'mid-cycle' rally; uneasy over sterling 'safety valve'

    Buxton bullish on ‘mid-cycle’ rally; uneasy over sterling ‘safety valve’

    Old Mutual Global Investors CEO Richard Buxton is less worried about politics in Europe, the US or the UK than he is about sterling being the UK’s only safety valve post-monetary policy.

  • Are investors in Asia too reliant on China and India?

    Are investors in Asia too reliant on China and India?

    While China and India are not the only countries in Asia changing their economic make-up, they are without doubt the largest – but is their influence on the rest of the region disproportionately large?

  • OMGI scraps head of fixed income role in reshuffle

    OMGI scraps head of fixed income role in reshuffle

    Old Mutual Global Investors has decided to nix its head of fixed income role, following a strategic review, which will see Christine Johnson depart the firm.

  • OMGI still positive on Barclays

    OMGI still positive on Barclays

    Old Mutual Global Investors remains positive on the prospects for Barclays, in contrast with the negative market reaction to the bank’s annual results on Thursday.

  • HSBC forecast misses leave analysts split on its prospects

    HSBC forecast misses leave analysts split on its prospects

    HSBC kicked off a week in which all the major British banks are due to report with several missteps in its final results, leaving analysts split on the stock’s prospects moving forward.

  • Industry demands health warnings and fee clarity in FCA responses

    Industry demands health warnings and fee clarity in FCA responses

    Early reactions to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Asset Management Market Study are calling for ‘health warnings’ over fees, simpler communications and enhanced governance of fund manager boards.

  • Bond market may survive rising rates – RSMR’s Rayner

    Bond market may survive rising rates – RSMR’s Rayner

    Volatility in the bond markets might be more muted than expected if the impact from rising rates takes root swiftly, according to Rayner Spencer Mills Research director Ken Rayner.

  • OMGI’s Message exits

    OMGI’s Message exits

    Old Mutual UK Equity Income Fund manager Stephen Message has left the post after seven years at the helm, with UK Alpha team member Ed Meir taking over with immediate effect.

  • OMGI ‘s Crabb overweight Chinese equities

    OMGI ‘s Crabb overweight Chinese equities

    The new US president’s anti-trade agenda is a risk that is overblown in regards to China, according to Joshua Crabb, Old Mutual Global Investors’ Hong Kong-based head of Asian equities.