United Kingdom

  • Scotland the brave Scotland the sensible

    Scotland the brave Scotland the sensible

    With less than two weeks to go until the people of Scotland enter the curtained booths of a referendum hall, the political psychologists, commentators and general observers of the world remain unable to provide a conclusive answer as to which direction the vote will go.

  • Rogue Scottish opinion poll causes carnage

    Rogue Scottish opinion poll causes carnage

    The pound fell significantly in value on Monday and some UK equities slid sharlpy after a poll published at the weekend reported a slim majority in favour of Scotland leaving the United Kingdom.

  • Fidelity bulks up UK sales team

    Fidelity bulks up UK sales team

    Fidelity Worldwide Investment has made three new hires to its UK retail adviser sales team.

  • Charles Stanley issues new profit warning

    Charles Stanley issues new profit warning

    Charles Stanley has issued its second profit warning of the year sending its share price down over 9% to 305p so far.

  • Richard Pursglove leaves Artemis

    Richard Pursglove leaves Artemis

    Artemis head of retail has left the business after 12 months.

  • Tavistock stems losses as it inks deal

    Tavistock stems losses as it inks deal

    Tavistock Investments had cut its losses for the six months to the end of June to £172,000 versus £270,000 for the same period in 2013.

  • Rowan Dartington hires allocation chairman

    Rowan Dartington hires allocation chairman

    Rowan Dartington has hired John Betteridge to chair its asset allocation committee.

  • Threadneedle adds again to multi asset team

    Threadneedle adds again to multi asset team

    Threadneedle Investments has hired Maya Bhandari as investment strategist for its multi-asset allocation team.

  • Mattioli Woods sees discretionary funds rise

    Mattioli Woods sees discretionary funds rise

    Mattioli Woods’ discretionary funds under management have quadrupled to £750m as of 31 May from £190m at the same time last year.

  • Rathbones brings in strategy head

    Rathbones brings in strategy head

    Rathbone Brothers has appointed Mike Bolsover OBE to the newly-created position of head of strategy and organisation development.

  • Troy hires new manager from Rothschild

    Troy hires new manager from Rothschild

    Troy Asset Management has appointed of Tom Yeowart as manager of the Troy Spectrum Fund.

  • Morningstar appoints new UK consulting head

    Morningstar appoints new UK consulting head

    Morningstar Investment Management has named Diane Earnshaw as its new head of UK Consulting.