Royal London Asset Management’s Martin Cholwill has added to water stocks over Q1 in his £1.9bn UK Equity Income fund stating renationalisation fears are overblown, while he repeats views held by Neil Woodford and Richard Buxton that corporate M&A activity highlights opportunities in UK companies.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) reported a 55% increase in external gross inflows to £10.4bn in 2017, up from £6.7bn in 2016.
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 0.5% but hinted at quickening the pace of further increases to bring inflation back in line with its 2% target.
The UK economy exceeded forecasts as the gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.5% in the last quarter of 2017, up from 0.4% in the third quarter.
Advisers are split over which asset classes will fare best during the next year, with both growth and defensive sectors named as a cause for concern in a survey by Royal London Asset Management (RLAM).
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has expanded its equity team with two hires to replace fund manager Derek Mitchell who has decided to retire after 30 years in the industry.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has launched two global equity funds to be run by the team it poached from Waverton Investment Management earlier this year.
Royal London Asset Management has unveiled a £2.7bn property fund, the largest launch of its kind, the firm has claimed.
European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi was tight-lipped on tapering following the bank’s latest policy meeting, but industry figures remain confident the ECB will roll back the pace of asset purchases from next month.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) doubled asset inflows in the first half of 2017 on the back of “more stable” market conditions.
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals to make it easier for state-owned companies to publicly float in the UK has been branded “bad news for London” by Royal London Asset Management.
