Scottish widows
13 April 2012
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership(SWIP), the asset management arm of Lloyds, is shutting down a string of its regional investment desks with the loss of 23 investment roles.
15 March 2012
In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Aberdeen Asset Management, S&P Capital IQ and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership discussed Multi Manager.
20 February 2012
Discussions around what the post-RDR landscape will look like have tended to focus on cost and share classes but what of fund choice in 2013 and beyond? How many funds will remain in existence and how many providers?
22 November 2011
Two Scottish Widows UK equity funds and Invesco Perpetual’s UK Aggressive fund, run by Stephen Anness, have been dealt a blow after seeing their holdings in Thomas Cook fall almost 75% in value.
05 July 2010
Lloyds is coming under pressure from shareholders to sell Scottish Widows, which could fetch the banking giant about £7bn.
14 June 2010
A number of BP's largest shareholders – including Legal & General and M&G – have cut holdings in the troubled oil giant during its recent share price slide.
05 May 2010
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) has promoted Mike McNaught-Davis to the newly created role of head of international equities.
25 January 2010
The traditional areas of the property market have taken a beaten over recent years, however there are still opportunities to be found within the asset class, it is just a case of looking at the more niche areas
14 December 2009
In recent months, the corporate bond market has been firmly in positive territory. Relevant indices have risen to their highest levels of 2009.
02 November 2009
BNY Mellon Asset Management has completed the acquisition of Insight Investment Management from Lloyds Banking Group for £235m.
05 October 2009
Times are tough on Madison Avenue. As customers’ sales slide, they cast around for quick budget savings.
15 July 2009
The Dow Jones climbed strongly on opening today, following an impressive showing from the FTSE 100.
08 June 2009
Investment Week, in association with Scottish Widows, asked financial advisers how they feel about investment outsourcing and found out from providers what they feel is necessary for a strong outsourcing relationship
02 February 2009
Scottish Widows has reintroduced a 180-day delay period for certain transactions involving the Scott...
03 November 2008
The mushrooming alternatives space includes infrastructure, where the reliable profits of utilities are proving highly attractive to investors
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