News

  • hsbc launches far east etf in europe

    hsbc launches far east etf in europe

    HSBC has launched a new Ireland-domiciled ETF which will track the performance of large and mid-cap companies in both emerging and developed Asia.

  • rising out of the ashes

    rising out of the ashes

    Private equity was hit hard during and after the financial crisis but since then asset prices have stabilised, balance sheets are strengthening and the asset class is throwing up some well-priced opportunities

  • rosengarten exits city financial

    rosengarten exits city financial

    City Financial head of UK asset management Ed Rosengarten is to leave the firm a year after orchestrating the deal to merge Eden Financial’s asset management team with its buyer.

  • oddo launches flexible fund

    oddo launches flexible fund

    Oddo has launched a new, flexible fund for investors wanting to explore opportunities in both the bond and equity markets.

  • asia pacific largest wealth market 2014

    asia pacific largest wealth market 2014

    The Asia-Pacific region is poised to become the largest wealth market as early as 2014, far outpacing other geographies, according to a survey by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management.

  • charles stanley and GLG in fund negotiations

    charles stanley and GLG in fund negotiations

    Charles Stanley is in negotiations with the GLG group over the management of the high-performing FP Matterley Undervalued Assets Fund, which it hopes to manage on a third-party on-going revenue share arrangement.

  • emerging markets cheap or a value trap

    emerging markets cheap or a value trap

    In the recent BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager survey, a net 36% of the respondents said that global emerging markets are the most undervalued of all markets, the strongest reading since 2004.

  • schroders launches european long short credit fund

    schroders launches european long short credit fund

    Schroders is to launch an externally-managed fund this November which focusses on European corporate credits and financials.

  • emerging europe asian crisis of late 90s

    emerging europe asian crisis of late 90s

    The noise traders remain obsessed with tapering with their spokespeople queuing up this week to say that the Fed had lost credibility, which is market speak for the Fed not acting in the way I had positioned my book.

  • barclays withdraws wealth management services

    barclays withdraws wealth management services

    Barclays is to reduce the number of markets in which it provides wealth management and investment services from around 200 to 70 by the end of 2016 in a bid to "reduce the complexity" in its business and stick with the markets that it claims still hold over 80% of the world's wealth.

  • JPM hires BBC's Stephanie Flanders

    JPM hires BBC’s Stephanie Flanders

    JP Morgan Asset Management has hired Stephanie Flanders as its chief market strategist for the UK and Europe.

  • standard life super clean platform fund pricing

    standard life super clean platform fund pricing

    Schroders and Threadneedle are among the first group of fund houses to offer ‘super clean’ share classes to advisers through the Standard Life platform.