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  • vestra wealth david campbell managing partner

    vestra wealth david campbell managing partner

    David Campbell is to join Vestra Wealth and take over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the business.

  • many non us businesses still far from fatca ready

    many non us businesses still far from fatca ready

    There are major gaps in the readiness of the worlds compliance industry to comply, on 1 Jan 2013, with the pending implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, a new survey conducted by Thomson Reuters reveals.

  • Europe ruled out of Newton Managed Income Fund

    Europe ruled out of Newton Managed Income Fund

    In a webconference yesterday, fund manager Tim Wilson ruled out the possibility of adding the Newton European Higher Income Fund to his fettered Managed Income Fund.

  • investment consensus positive on china

    investment consensus positive on china

    The first cut to the Chinese one-year benchmark lending and deposit rates since December 2008 has provoked a largely positive response from investment commentators, who reasoned that it signifies the authorities are serious about supporting the economy.

  • governments open up infrastructure to retail

    governments open up infrastructure to retail

    One look at our schools, hospitals, roads and airports shows that infrastructure investment in the UK is much-needed. Giles Frost looks at how retail investors can take advantage of the increased spend that is opening up the asset class to retail investors.

  • manager changes as invesco hong kong loses ho

    manager changes as invesco hong kong loses ho

    Samantha Ho has left Invesco Hong Kong with Mike Shiao and Joseph Tang taking over her fund management responsibilities.

  • scrimgeour leaves blackrock after 25 years

    scrimgeour leaves blackrock after 25 years

    Michelle Scrimgeour has left BlackRock after a quarter of a century to step in as group risk director for M&G Investments.

  • fixed income etps break records

    fixed income etps break records

    Fixed income exchange-traded products followed the same trend as their mutual fund counterparts in May, with record inflows of $11bn during the month.

  • pa analysis cash rebates enhance rdr fair charges

    pa analysis cash rebates enhance rdr fair charges

    While the FSA is still to publish its final proposals about cash and unit rebates, chances are they will both be banned which will work against the idea of providing a fair charging system for investment advice.

  • barings multi-asset sticks to defensive

    barings multi-asset sticks to defensive

    Cash and developed government bonds have formed part of progressively defensive positioning among the Baring Asset Management multi-asset portfolios, as prospects in Europe, the US and China look bleaker than ever.

  • baillie gifford to join rdr -ready club

    baillie gifford to join rdr -ready club

    Baillie Gifford is to open up its institutional B clean share class to the retail market later this year, in a move to get its product range RDR-ready it announced today.

  • fsas limited experience of wealthier clients

    fsas limited experience of wealthier clients

    Clients with half a million pounds or more will not go independent post-RDR because they expect the option of holding individual shares, bonds and even derivatives, Gary Reynolds, director and chief investment officer at Courtiers, has predicted.