Polar and Man defy volatile quarter with AUM growth
Polar Capital and Man Group have posted positive net flows and boosted assets under management during a volatile first quarter.
Polar Capital and Man Group have posted positive net flows and boosted assets under management during a volatile first quarter.
Polar Capital has reported net inflows of £597m in the fourth quarter, boosting assets under management (AUM) to £11.7bn from £9.3bn at the end of March.
Assets at Jupiter soared past the £50bn mark in 2017 the firm’s latest trading update reveals.
Rathbone Brothers revealed a “robust” set of trading numbers on Thursday with funds under management up 14.3% on the year previously.
Liontrust Asset Management has hired Baillie Gifford’s Donald Phillips to join its newly-created global fixed income team ahead of its upcoming triple fund launch.
Shares in the British high street retailer surprised on the upside, despite producing what analysts called a “very disappointing trading update”.
BT’s shares suffered a setback today following the announcement the telecoms giant was to cut 4,000 jobs as part of an overseas shakeup.
Outflows of £2.8bn from Standard Life Investments’ Global Absolute Return Strategies fund blighted flows for the first quarter of 2017 according to a trading update.
Liontrust Asset Management’s latest trading update has revealed it is within touching distance of hitting its £10bn target for assets under management (AuM).
Miton Group’s assets under management finished the year up to £2.9bn from £2.7bn the year before, despite the loss of two of its highest profile fund managers last year.
Rathbone Brothers said today it intends to make acquisitions this year as it pursues growth of its business.
Aberdeen saw outflows of £1.5bn from its property funds in the three months leading up to June, but some analysts see this as merely a “sideshow,” to deeper problems.