Prudential
21 May 2012
The first quarter saw a significant improvement in sentiment. Equities rallied, bond prices fell and briefly it looked like things were getting better. Some of this enthusiasm is understandable.
21 May 2012
Insurer Prudential is set to name Paul Manduca as its next chairman after a five-month search, replacing Harvey McGrath, the Telegraph reports.
09 May 2012
M&G Investments, the country's largest asset manager, saw its net inflows rise 5% to nearly £1.8bn in Q1, as parent company Prudential also reported a jump in sales.
01 May 2012
Prudential is proposing to merge three unit trusts into M&G funds run by Graham French, Alex Odd, and Matthew Vaight & Michael Godfrey in the latest review of its product range.
30 April 2012
Sir Nigel Rudd, the former Citigroup banker, is in the running to become the next chairman of Prudential.
27 April 2012
In the first of a two part series, managers reveal the plays that have contributed to their performance since January.
26 March 2012
Prudential has been forced on the defensive over an e-mail sent to thousands of staff in which a senior executive appears to make a series of disparaging remarks about FSA policies.
13 March 2012
M&G saw its net inflows halve in 2011, while operating profits jumped 26% over the year, its results revealed.
29 February 2012
Neptune's Robin Geffen has spoken out against Prudential's plans to re-domicile overseas, saying it would raise questions over the insurer's "financial health".
27 January 2012
As investors start to take on more risk we ask managers for their strategies in this environment.
10 January 2012
The markets are being driven by newsflow, which gives us an uncertain outlook and probably high volatility for a long while to come.
03 January 2012
M&G Investments is set to launch a global equity fund for David Williams next month as part of an ongoing move to merge parent Prudential’s retail offerings into its fund range.
22 December 2011
Multi-managers reveal the funds that helped them navigate their portfolios through a difficult 2011.
10 November 2011
Prudential has launched four risk managed portfolios for investors in its £66bn with-profits fund as it moves to attract advisers and clients post-RDR.
05 October 2011
Prudential executives are set to be interviewed in the coming days as part of an FSA probe into the insurance giant’s failed takeover bid for AIA.
E-mail alerts
Sign up here to get all the news and views from Investment Week sent direct to your inbox.
Features
Jerome Booth, head of research at Ashmore Investment Management, reveals the dangers of being a conservative, convention-bound investor during periods of big macro-economic changes.
Cristiano Migliorini, senior research analyst at UBP Asset Management, examines how call overlays can improve risk-adjusted returns in all market conditions and the ingredients the best strategies should share.
Video
Henderson’s fixed income manager Jenna Barnard, co-manager of the group’s £1bn Strategic Bond fund, discusses the outlook for bond markets and the implications of the European Central Bank’s second Long Term Refinancing Operation.
Bull/Bear
The first quarter saw a significant improvement in sentiment. Equities rallied, bond prices fell and briefly it looked like things were getting better. Some of this enthusiasm is understandable.
Conjecture
Conjecture is a web conferencing club in association with S&P Capital IQ. With debates on all key issues in the industry, Conjecture has a membership comprising of the UK's leading discretionary asset managers.
Gosling's Grouse
Read every instalment of IW's Editorial Director, Lawrence Gosling's weekly column.
IW Fund Centre
Run in conjunction with Funds Library, the IW Fund Centre combines qualitative and quantitative data on a huge range of funds. How is your favourite shaping up?
Register now
Register here to get full access to all Investment Week's news and comment articles from our archive.
Updating your subscription status
IW Fund Centre
Run in conjunction with Funds Library, the IW Fund Centre combines qualitative and quantitative data on a huge range of funds.
Have your say
This week: What will happen to the eurozone if Greece leaves?
Job of the week
Events
12 Jun 2012 - 12 Jun 2012
The Cumberland Great Cumberland Place, London W1H 7DL
05 Jul 2012 - 05 Jul 2012
Royal Albert Hall, London Kensington Gore London, Greater London SW7 2AP