emd expansion at sli
Standard Life Investments (SLI) has appointed Kieran Curtis as investment director in its emerging market debt team, which was created last April by ex-Threadneedle head of EMD Richard House.
Standard Life Investments (SLI) has appointed Kieran Curtis as investment director in its emerging market debt team, which was created last April by ex-Threadneedle head of EMD Richard House.
Consensus among Standard Life Investments’ fund managers is that banks will play an important role to ongoing performance in corporate bonds and equities, according to Frances Hudson, the group’s global thematic strategist.
Despite a lot of talk about M&A, consolidation and that there are too many fund groups and funds – certainly too many poor-performing ones – nothing has changed on the product manufacturing side of our industry.
Standard Life has appointed firm stalwart David Tiller as its first head of platform propositions.
Rather than 2013 being a continuation of a risk on/risk off approach, Keith Skeoch suggests this year investors will start to be more precise about where risk will be rewarded, with a greater empahsis on property and equities.
Good quality commercial property is likely to remain resilient despite the global economic slowdown.
The AMC on Harry Nimmo’s SLI UK Smaller Companies fund will move to 1.60% in November.
Katie Trowsdale is one of three additions to Bambos Hambi’s FoF team at Standard Life Investments.
Bambos Hambi is overweight fixed interest, favouring high yield bonds in the SLI FoF’s range.
Former Bank of England deputy governor Sir John Gieve says his ex-colleagues still fear “a meltdown”
Inflows at Standard Life Investments fell 38%, from £4.7bn to £2.9bn.
Should liquidity still be of paramount importance to investors?