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  • russell adds to investment strategy team

    russell adds to investment strategy team

    Wouter Sturkenboom has joined Russell Investments as a member of the asset manager’s global investment strategy team.

  • ifas pushed to recommend inappropriate cash

    ifas pushed to recommend inappropriate cash

    Financial advisers believe there is regulatory pressure to recommend more cash-based products and fewer equity-based funds, research from BDO finds.

  • intermediaries may face extra fscs levies

    intermediaries may face extra fscs levies

    The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) may increase its levies on investment intermediaries to cover higher than expected compensation costs.

  • Carney should follow Draghis lead

    Carney should follow Draghis lead

    So, it's the turn of a Canadian to take residence in the grandest of London's pecuniary institutions yes, Alanis Morissette has been selling out the O2 Arena.

  • uk likely to choose bank accounts over invest

    uk likely to choose bank accounts over invest

    Most British adults plan to shun stock market investment over the coming year, preferring to keep their money in bank or building society accounts, new research shows.

  • asset managers warned fsa corruption probe

    asset managers warned fsa corruption probe

    Law firm Dechert LLP has warned asset managers of the FSA’s imminent thematic review focusing on corruption.

  • China acceleration hope will be disappointed

    China acceleration hope will be disappointed

    Hope that China’s growth will start to reaccelerate through 2013 and into 2014 are likely to be disappointed, according to analysis by Capital Economics.

  • snowden makes early risk cut in Kames bond funds

    snowden makes early risk cut in Kames bond funds

    Stephen Snowden has started running down the risk in Kames Capital’s investment-grade bond funds in anticipation of the return of risk-off sentiment next year.

  • Aviva to cut 120 jobs

    Aviva to cut 120 jobs

    Aviva is set to cut 120 jobs worth a reported £400m in cost savings.

  • bennett buys financials

    bennett buys financials

    John Bennett has added to financials in his £1.2bn Henderson European Selected Opportunities Fund after criticising investors’ flight to safety.

  • threadneedle a greek exit is inevitable

    threadneedle a greek exit is inevitable

    There is still a strong argument for Greece leaving the eurozone despite the recent agreement to ease the country’s bailout terms, experts at Threadneedle argue.

  • industry has to change with regulatory regime

    industry has to change with regulatory regime

    Financial services’ culture will be at the heart of the UK’s new regulatory regime but are the industry’s leaders doing enough to get their companies in order?