first state denies soft-closure
First State has denied its GEM Leaders Fund is nearing soft closure and said it still has plenty of capacity for further inflows.
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sale fails to dampen quilter expansion
Wealth Manager Quilter has expanded its investment management team with the appointment of Oliver Stainer, who was previously at Towry.
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noble-nesbitt to lead dfm service
Close Brothers Asset Management has announced its top talent Deryck Noble-Nebitt is to head up a new discretionary investment service for private clients.
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top alternatives to aberdeen in gem
The news Aberdeen had soft closed its Emerging Markets Fund will have been met by some with dismay. But theres no point mourning an option no longer open to you, so where should you invest EM capital instead?
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rowan dartington puts risk
Rowan Dartington has announced details of a new investment process, putting individual security risk at the centre of its proposition, rather than asset class risk.
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first state clears up confusion with
First State has renamed its Asia Pacific/Global Emerging Markets equities team, led by Angus Tulloch and Stuart Paul, in an attempt to prevent confusion among clients with its new EM debt team.
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axa wealths platform leads
Axa UK posted what it has termed a “strong turn-around” of UK operations today with sales onto Axa Wealth’s Elevate Platform up 75% and an increase in FUM for its multi-manager business, Architas.
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rathbones awaits rdr rebate clarification
Rathbones has released further details of its ‘RDR-friendly’ share class, which will roll out across its fund range on 1 March, but admitted it might need to move again after the FSA reveals its full position on rebates to platforms.
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innovation makes way for defence carmignac gestion
Didier St Georges sees a great deal of positives affecting equity valuations yet is still keen to remain primarly defensively positioned.
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more than a bed of roses for amorous em investors
Investors want to overweight emerging markets more than any other region when it comes to their asset allocation choices, but where are the oportunities and are there enough securities to go round?
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uncomfortable reading for commission
Advisers who have invested mainly in unit trusts to the detriment of investment trusts over the past 10 years will be embarrassed to see the level of outperformance of closed-end vehicles over their open-ended counterparts, according to new research from Collins Stewart.
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Gerardine Davies joins BNP Paribas
Gerardine Davies has joined BNP Paribas Real Estate as the firm targets UK business growth.
