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  • Axa launches new three-tiered range

    Axa launches new three-tiered range

    Axa Wealth has launched “Intelligent Investment Choices”, a new three-tiered investment range.

  • Fidelity cuts costs on five multi asset funds

    Fidelity cuts costs on five multi asset funds

    The costs of five multi-asset allocator funds have been slashed, pushed by investor demand for low-cost options.

  • Crude but effective An argument for oil investment

    Crude but effective An argument for oil investment

    Brown Shipley’s Mike Stoddart looks at the benefits to be found in investing in oil

  • Salamanca launches multi-jurisdictional

    Salamanca launches multi-jurisdictional

    Salamanca Group has launched a private office division to refocus and enhance its focus on wealthy individuals and their families from several locations around the globe.

  • The return of the twospeed economy

    The return of the twospeed economy

    While risk asset prices are rising, those who rely on earnings for their spending are feeling poorer. Is this two-speed recovery a sign of history repeating itself, asks Rowan Dartington Signatures Guy Stephens

  • Skandia rebrands as Old Mutual Wealth

    Skandia rebrands as Old Mutual Wealth

    Skandia will no longer exist in the UK from today, as the companys operations in the region assume the Old Mutual Wealth title.

  • Electra comes out swinging at Sherborne

    Electra comes out swinging at Sherborne

    In response to a letter from activist investor Sherborne to Electra shareholders promising the ability to unlock as much as £1bn in shareholder value, Electra says a review would deeply destabilise the business.

  • New UK shopping centre fund launches

    New UK shopping centre fund launches

    LFF Real Estate Partners, is collaborating with retail asset manager Realm to launch the fund by the end of this year.

  • Scottish wealthy cannot rest on

    Scottish wealthy cannot rest on

    Scotland has voted “No” to independence from the United Kingdom, but high earners will remain “vulnerable” to tax changes resulting from the country’s increased devolution, warns a leading international law firm.

  • Investec records improved figures in results

    Investec records improved figures in results

    Investec Wealth and Investment recorded improved results as assets under management increased 9%, according to preliminary half-year results, ending 30 September.

  • Neptune profits sink 42pc on strategic headwinds

    Neptune profits sink 42pc on strategic headwinds

    Neptunes focus on equities and its international positioning saw profits slump 42% in the full year 2013, the fund manager said in its annual report.

  • Are high yield and EMD fates diverging

    Are high yield and EMD fates diverging

    Since summer last year, the correlation between high yield and emerging market bonds has reversed.