Lombard Odier CIO announces retirement
Jan Straatman, global CIO at Lombard Odier Investment Managers for five years, will retire at the end of this year the firm has announced.
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St James’s Place failing on fee transparency finds UK watchdog
Financial advisers from St James’s Place are failing to comply with rules on transparency around charges and some are misleading potential customers about what they can offer, an investigation by UK consumer watchdog Which? has found.
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Investec’s Hutchins backs Woodford’s recent reject BAT
Investec Asset Management’s UK Equity Income manager Blake Hutchins has hailed British American Tobacco, recently ditched by Neil Woodford, as “the best global tobacco business”.
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JOHCM appoints duo for intermediary sales team
JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has strengthened its UK intermediary sales team with the hire of two sales managers.
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Neuberger Berman’s currency plays
Currency was a major focal point of Neuberger Berman’s latest asset allocation committee meeting. Portfolio Adviser outlines the currency plays the investment manager is banking on.
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Europe’s fund industry facing dispersal as Brexit looms
Whatever the outcome of the Brexit process now under way, the shape of the asset management industry in Europe is set to change substantially, a report by the CFA Institute has found.
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High borrowing and economic fragility may hit austerity easing
The scope for the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to ease austerity may be limited as public sector borrowing has increased while the economy remains fragile, according to consultancy Pantheon Economics.
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MSCI: UK worst performer in June
The UK was the worst performing single country index in June while Canada was the best, according to data by MSCI.
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Neuberger Berman adds China equity team to its arsenal
Neuberger Berman has hired a five-strong team to bolster its China equity offering.
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Growth funds dominate top-performing European equity league
With the summer holiday fast approaching, it’s a good time to reflect. We look at which European equity funds have done best so far this year and why.
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Ex-Close man abruptly departs Saunderson House
Saunderson House has lost its recently-appointed head of discretionary management service, Leigh Stephens, to Tacit Investment Management.
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Woodford gobbles up shares in consumer credit firm
Neil Woodford is now the third largest shareholder in home collected credit company Morses Club, at a time when the Financial Conduct Authority has sub-prime loan firms under a microscope.
