Fund distributor brings blockchain to retail network
Global fund distributor Calastone has claimed it will be fully migrated onto a blockchain-enabled infrastructure by 2019.
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Tatton seeks M&A activity after AUM boost
Tatton Asset Management (TAM) is eyeing M&A options after posting solid assets under management (AUM) growth for the six months to the end of September.
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Fresh pain for Provident Financial with second FCA probe
Provident Financial’s car finance division Moneybarn is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority over loan affordability assessments and its treatment of customers facing financial difficulties.
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Rathbones’ Coombs: currency not Corbyn is UK’s ‘biggest risk’
Sterling poses the biggest threat to the UK economy, argues Rathbones’ David Coombs, and will ensure 2018 is another “difficult” and volatile period for markets.
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Skagen launches global activist equity fund
Skagen Funds has launched a global equity fund that invests in companies subject to activist campaigns.
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Are ETFs as cheap as they appear?
Some exchange traded funds (ETFs) are not as cheap as they first seem after research has revealed transaction fees taken as a percentage of funds’ assets can be as much as 500% of the quoted ongoing charge figure (OCF).
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Foresight looks to infrastructure for income
Foresight Group has launched a fund targeting a 5% annual income from investing in UK-listed renewable energy and infrastructure equities and bonds.
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Man arrested amid police and FCA probe into wealth firm
A boutique Hertfordshire wealth manager has become the focus of a joint investigation by the City of London Police and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Schroders’ Blanning ends 32-year career
Schroders’ is set to lose the head of its emerging market debt absolute return and commodities group, Geoff Blanning, who will retire in April 2018.
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Brown Shipley acquisition strengthens London office
Brown Shipley has announced the acquisition of the private bank Insinger de Beaufort’s (IdB) and its integration into its London office.
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Better returns come in contrarian, uncorrelated packages
What is the solution to constructing the perfect equity portfolio? Invest across a number of small funds with different specialisms, with high conviction and active share, says Willis Towers Watson (WTW).
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The data that proves the Santa rally is real
Santa may as well be real for UK investors after analysis revealed the FTSE 100 does indeed rally over the Christmas period.
