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Schroders has launched an “unconstrained” fund investing across the Indian equity universe.
Neptune is hoping to merge its UK Equity Fund into its UK Special Situations Fund and rename it the Neptune UK Opportunities Fund.
Matthew Tillet has been made manager of two UK equity funds as current manager Jeremy Thomas shifts his focus to global equities.
The manager of Smith & Williamson's European Growth Trust, Mark Pignatelli, is to retire from fund management and he will leave the group at the end of the year.
Schroders has established a new team in order to expand its relationships with banks, insurance companies, national IFA firms, platforms and wraps to be headed up by James Rainbow.
European funds are the best performers over 20 years, FE data shows, yet six times in the past 10 years Europe has been the worst selling retail sector, according to IMA statistics.
AllianzGI is building a global emerging market debt team to be headed up by Greg Saichin, who will join the firm in September.
Schroders has launched GBP hedged unit classes for four of its UK funds in a bid to mitigate the currency effects of investing overseas.
The majority of asset managers polled in a recent survey have admitted they are still unclear about the requirements of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) despite the cut off period for compliance now less than six months away.
Cazenove Capital’s head of UK retail Rob Thorpe is leaving the business, the latest in a line of senior staff to leave the firm following its takeover by Schroders.
Schroders' Matthew Dobbs is expecting a more conservative upturn in regional Asian markets over the next six months compared with the previous period.
