Neil Woodford has upped his stake in the soaring healthcare stock Hvivo in the weeks following positive results in a universal flu vaccine, offsetting selling pressure from IP Group, the intellectual property company in which he holds a stake.
Funds investing in Asia, Greek real estate and the medical use of cannabis in the US all feature in a fairly oddball list of the top-performing investment trusts in the second quarter of 2018. Sitting alongside these are an emerging markets trust that started being wound up four years ago and a realisation vehicle pegged…
Jupiter Merlin is launching a version of its Real Return portfolio for UK investors, which has been called “quite punchy” for its hefty equity fund weighting despite having an absolute return bias.
One of the City’s longest-serving female fund managers is retiring after a career of more than 35 years.
Aviva Investors chief executive Euan Munro has demonstrated his ambitions for the business with a raid of the equities team at Aberdeen Standard Investments, the merged entity of his former employer Standard Life Investments (SLI).
Miton has teased significantly higher inflows over the first half of the year, as the fund group’s recovery continues.
Crispin Odey’s investment firm has generated some of the best returns in the alternative Ucits space, as the sector struggles to cope with higher volatility and a stronger dollar in H1.
The Investment Association (IA) has highlighted homophobic and transphobic banter as an issue that needs to be addressed by asset managers as it sheds light on coming out or being out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual (LGBT+) in the industry.
Nucleus has poached Valerie Rogerson from Standard Life to head its client relations team.
Old Mutual Global Investors has been renamed as Merian Global Investors, the firm announced today.
Neptune founder Robin Geffen has warned the UK equity income sector’s favourite stocks include several “zombie” companies or firms that are hanging on for dear life that could be in serious financial trouble in a rising interest rate environment.
A financial services alliance representing 200,000 global members is demanding the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does more to support professionalism in the industry.
