mid tier fund houses set for radical change
As margins and revenues get harder to find, those asset management firms just outside the really big guns are likely to refocus their business and move away from the retail investor.
As margins and revenues get harder to find, those asset management firms just outside the really big guns are likely to refocus their business and move away from the retail investor.
Schroders has announced details of a Strategic Bond Fund planned for Gareth Isaac just months after its previous fund of that strategy was shifted into the Absolute Return Sector.
Like tax cuts and tank tops, property has a tendency to be either in or out of fashion in a big way.
Schroders has appointed Duncan Owen as head of property funds in conjunction with its takeover of the Invista Foundation Property Trust mandate.
Richard Buxton and other UK specialist equity managers explain their outlook for 2012 and which sectors they will be investing in as a result.
The majority of UK investors are happy with their investment decisions, but over a quarter regret not starting to invest earlier in life, or wish they had invested more of their cash.
When it’s three o’ clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London, was Bette Midlers take on the divisions between the two great financial centres, while Ernest Hemmingway grumbled about the former being a town you come to for a short time.
Schroders is to add to its onshore Alpha Plus range with a US fund, as it names the region “relatively attractive” in the current “miserable to diabolical” economic environment.
British investors are relatively relaxed when it comes to checking their investment performance, with a recent survey from Schroders ranking them sixth of 10 European nationalities for stock watching.
Schroders saw net outflows of £2.7bn in its intermediary business during the third quarter, a slump that was balanced by net inflows of £2.8bn from institutional clients.
At times like these its quite natural to be worried about job security; especially it would seem if you run a multi-manager fund.
Schroders has appointed Rob Hall as head of multi-manager, where he will co-manage three multi-manager funds.