Buxton echoes Woodford on UK outlook
Richard Buxton has echoed the views of Neil Woodford in his outlook for the UK economy pointing to corporate deals as a sign of value and predicting GDP growth will be higher than expected in 2018.
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Richard Buxton: UK in the dark about life beyond Brexit
OMGI chief executive Richard Buxton has said the UK cannot plan for its post-Brexit future with any certainty as the one-year anniversary of Theresa May triggering Article 50 approaches.
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Buxton’s OMGI sold in £600m private equity deal
A private equity firm is set to take over Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) in a £600m deal next year, ending months of speculation on the future of the asset manager.
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OMGI’s Buxton: Market too complacent over Corbyn-led government
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) chief executive Richard Buxton is concerned that markets are failing to adequately price-in the likelihood of a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government next year.
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OMGI hire boosts ESG credentials
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) has appointed Freddie Woolfe as head of responsible investment and stewardship.
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Old Mutual Wealth cashflow up 92%
Strong cashflows and solid performance saw Old Mutual Wealth’s (OMW) funds under management rise 14% in the year to date, with its net cashflow soaring 92% higher than during the same period in 2016.
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Aussie firms enter £550m OMGI bidding war
Two Australian investment firms, Challenger and Macquarie, are among the lead bidders for a £25bn piece of Richard Buxton’s Old Mutual Global Investors, Sky News has reported.
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Clock ticking for OMGI bids
A deadline for bids to buy out Old Mutual’s asset management arm has given firms two weeks to enter submissions, Reuters has reported.
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OMGI poaches Nomura trio to run global EM fund
Old Mutual Global Investors has hired Nick Payne, Salman Siddiqui and Liz Fernandes of Nomura Asset Management team to oversee its Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund mandate.
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Woodford and Buxton lead calls for UK optimism
In a sea of naysayers on the UK economy, heavyweight investors Neil Woodford and Richard Buxton argue the domestic outlook is looking up.
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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.
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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.