Gars under fire as founder Munro leaves
Aviva Investors has poached Standard Life Investments GARS founder Euan Munro as its new CEO, prompting questions about the stability of the fund's team and potential outflows.
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SLI restructure
Standard Life Investment is to convert its UK Property Fund into a property authorised investment fund (PAIF) so unitholders can benefit from the more favourable tax terms attached to the vehicles.
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Standard Life launches second EMD offering
Standard Life Investments is launching a local currency emerging markets debt fund, as part of a series of funds planned for the new EMD team headed up by Richard House.
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Standard Life adds Momentum to wrap
Momentum Asset Management has launched its Factor Series and its Diversified Growth Fund on the Standard Life platform.
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clarity stock pickers outperform
A distinct difference in the investment environment this year compared to last is that there seems to be some clarity in the equity market, with stock pickers coming to the fore.
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craig macdonald SLI head of credit
Craig MacDonald is to replace Andrew Sutherland as head of credit at Standard Life Investments (SLI) as the latter is to take retirement after more than three decades with the company.
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investors switch on to clean funds
There was a 268% increase in clean fund sales in March as investors sought to avoid new fund charges and make last minute ISA investments, according to TD Direct Investing.
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Standard Life poaches BNP Paribas economist
Standard Life has hired BNP Paribas’s Jeremy Lawson to advise its global strategy team as it looks to build on its multi asset capabilities.
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Technology shakes its stigma and gets second wind
Technology has bounced back into favour and is currently the most popular investment sector in the US, UK and Europe according to a recent survey conducted by BofA Merrill Lynch.
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SLI UK equity fund manager swap
Standard Life has changed the manager of its UK Equity High Alpha Fund, the firm announced this morning
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gars in a world of its own but for how long
As at the end 2012, Standard Life GARS had AUM of £21.1bn, roughly the nominal GDP of Kenya or Yemen in one fund, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not going to grow further.
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slis alternatives assets up as gars balloons
Standard Life GARS had grown to a staggering £21.1bn at the end of 2012, with alternative strategies counting for more than one-fifth of Standard Life Investment's (SLI) total AUM.