Booming global equities boost Alliance Trust
Alliance Trust had its best Q1 for 15 years due to strong global equity performance and limited exposure to the UK market.
Alliance Trust had its best Q1 for 15 years due to strong global equity performance and limited exposure to the UK market.
The Schroder ISF Global Multi-Asset Income Fund now has a retail GBP share class, enabling UK retail investors to access the fund in local currency, the group announced today.
Neptune has announced it is closing four funds due to poor investor demand and high running costs.
Allianz, JP Morgan, Pioneer and UBS have all had funds downgraded following the Morningstar OBSR Global Analysts Ratings meeting.
The announcement of Richard Buxton’s departure from Schroders last week may have come as a shock, but he is not the first high profile manager from the firm to defect from the asset manager and continued to thrive.
Hot on the heels of Richard Buxton's planned departure from Schroders, the firm has confirmed it is in talks with Cazenove Capital regarding a takeover, in a move that could re-bolster its UK equity capabilities.
"This fund is never going to be average; it is by virtue of conviction and concentration either first or fourth quartile". Richard Buxton has always been clear in his approach, but is now the time for investors to follow him from Schroders to Old Mutual?
Alliance Trust increased its dividend by 7% in 2012, its 46th consecutive annual increase, following a year of portfolio restructuring and team consolidation.
In the latest of a number of fixed income developments Schroders has launched a Global Unconstrained Bond Fund to be managed by Bob Jolly and his global multi-sector team.
Neptune Investment Management has signed a deal with a Hong Kong based investment boutique distributor in a bid to increase its sales in the Asia region.
Schroders is launching sterling-hedged unit classes on four European and Japanese funds in response to fears over currency volatility.
Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) has expanded its platform intermediary sales force to eight members and appointed a marketing communications head as part of a “major push” for 2013.