Architas share class changes level playing field for platforms
A move by Architas to extend superclean share classes to all UK platforms shifts the competitive advantage held by large players in the market.
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UK All Companies outflows surpass Brexit aftermath
Investors withdrew more cash from the UK All Companies sector in May than in the month after the Brexit vote, the latest figures from the Investment Association have shown.
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Capacity issues loom as adviser client numbers soar
As UK advisers continue to experience increased demand for their services, capacity issues are hitting home for some, wrap platform Nucleus has warned.
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Morningstar boosts cash to 30% in multi-asset fund
Morningstar Investment Management has substantially raised the cash levels in its Real Return multi-asset range as it braces for interest rate normalisation and higher volatility.
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The Share Centre ups Woodford Patient Capital stake
The Share Centre’s investment director Sheridan Admans has upped his stake in Neil Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust for the Multi Manager Adventurous fund.
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Tilney profits double over 2017
Tilney Group’s profits doubled from £43m in 2016 to £86.6m for the year to December 2017, boosted by rising assets and fees from financial planning and investment management.
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FTSE 350 dividend cover hits three-year high
Dividend cover ratio among the UK’s top 350 firms more than doubled over the past year, hitting a three-year high, research has found.
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The worst-performing funds of Q2
While funds invested in oil and gas companies dominated the lists of the best-performing funds in the second quarter, those investing in Latin America found themselves at the bottom of the table.
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Rothschilds back retail investment platform
Two members of the famous Rothschild family have put their own money behind an AI-powered wealth manager offering for UK retail investors.
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Jupiter’s head of strategy for global equities departs
Jupiter Asset Management’s head of strategy for global equity, Stephen Mitchell, has left the firm after three years.
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Chris St John says new manager found
Nigel Thomas and Chris St John say they’ve selected a secondary manager as part of their succession planning on the Axa Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund, but the appointment is unlikely to have much impact on the fund’s recently downgraded rating.
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ESG investors face mixed bag with bitcoin and blockchain
Cryptocurrencies should be viewed critically from an environmental, social and governance (ESG) perspective, but the blockchain technology that underlies them could have positive applications for democracy and economic inclusion, according to a sustainable investments rating agency.
