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  • early bird catches the talent

    early bird catches the talent

    Turcan Connell Asset Management’s chief investment officer Haig Bathgate explains why he believes investing early in a manager means you will capture their peak performance.

  • A call to embrace collaborative advice

    A call to embrace collaborative advice

    It seems many in the adviser community remain downbeat on RDR but, even without the regulator(s) undertaking, wouldn't market forces be pushing us in the direction of change anyway?

  • Investec structured products

    Investec structured products

    Investec has unveiled a suite of new structured products which are available for investment up until mid-August.

  • developed market equities

    developed market equities

    Despite recent market volatility, there has been little change in macroeconomic indicators with the broad trend remaining one of gentle improvement in the US, Japan and the UK, while activity in most emerging economies is slowing.

  • top bottom ab return

    top bottom ab return

    Now the IMA’s Absolute Return Sector has put the term targeted at the start of its name we could stop looking at it so critically, but we won’t.

  • russell expands responsible investment

    russell expands responsible investment

    Russell Investments has named Mike Clark as director of responsible investment, a brand new position created within the business.

  • arbuthnot latham assets up 25 per cent

    arbuthnot latham assets up 25 per cent

    Arbuthnot Latham’s first half-year results since the introduction of RDR has seen a jump in assets under management of more than 25% contributing to its parent company’s sustained growth over the same period.

  • BNP currency expert Spillane joins Aviva EMD team

    BNP currency expert Spillane joins Aviva EMD team

    Liam Spillane has been appointed as an emerging market debt portfolio manager at Aviva Investors, as the firm looks to build on its capabilities in the space.

  • Bernanke reiterates Fed monetary policy

    Bernanke reiterates Fed monetary policy

    Ben Bernanke made moves to allay fears the Fed has changed course on its monetary policy, announcing QE easing will only be implemented if the all economic requisites are met.

  • MA activity continues to fall through Q2 2013

    MA activity continues to fall through Q2 2013

    European mergers and acquisitions dropped year on year in Q2 2012, both in terms of deal value and deal volume according to data provided by Mergermarket.

  • Clients take RDR on the chin

    Clients take RDR on the chin

    Clients are less concerned about the RDR than advisers as more than double the proportion of advisers remain negative towards the legislation than clients.

  • pa analysis fsb wind down UK banks

    pa analysis fsb wind down UK banks

    Earlier this week was the grand announcement that the world’s biggest banks may be radically restructured thanks to sweeping powers given by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to national regulators.