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Investment Conundrums: Barclays' Hobbs on why gold and bitcoin look 'vulnerable' to real interest rate increases
Investment Conundrums: Barclays' Hobbs on why gold and bitcoin look 'vulnerable' to real interest rate increases

Can investors stomach the volatility cryptocurrencies may bring?

  • Bonds
  • 01 March 2021
Unicorn's UK Income positions for vaccine and Brexit boosts
Unicorn's UK Income positions for vaccine and Brexit boosts

Managers praise performance amid pandemic

  • UK
  • 17 February 2021
Ninety One's Evans: Covid has accelerated UK companies' sustainability outcomes
Ninety One's Evans: Covid has accelerated UK companies' sustainability outcomes

Manager praises firms' actions on worker welfare

  • ESG
  • 12 February 2021
Former Allianz GI CEO Utermann set for election to Vontobel board
Former Allianz GI CEO Utermann set for election to Vontobel board

Shareholder vote on 20 April

  • People moves
  • 11 February 2021
UK will not be a 'rule-taker', Andrew Bailey tells EU
UK will not be a 'rule-taker', Andrew Bailey tells EU

Equivalence debate

  • Regulation
  • 11 February 2021
Rathbones' Crossman warns it will vote against or abstain at AGMs where trusts fail to meet diversity targets
Rathbones' Crossman warns it will vote against or abstain at AGMs where trusts fail to meet diversity targets

Investment trusts warned on inertia over board diversity

  • Investment Trusts
  • 11 February 2021
Santander knocks Geffen off Sanlam's White List top spot
Santander knocks Geffen off Sanlam's White List top spot

Latest Income Study results

  • Funds
  • 10 February 2021
Update: Baillie Gifford set to take over Keystone IT amid name and objective change
Update: Baillie Gifford set to take over Keystone IT amid name and objective change

Kate Fox and Lee Qian to replace James Goldstone

  • Investment Trusts
  • 10 February 2021
BoE governor Bailey 'quite angry' at some findings in the report on LCF scandal - reports
BoE governor Bailey 'quite angry' at some findings in the report on LCF scandal - reports

Chief rejects claim he did not want to be named

  • Regulation
  • 09 February 2021
JPMAM appoints AXA IM's Takatsuki for head of investment stewardship role
JPMAM appoints AXA IM's Takatsuki for head of investment stewardship role

Reporting to Jennifer Wu

  • People moves
  • 08 February 2021
Investec: Round Hill beats Hipgnosis on transparency
Investec: Round Hill beats Hipgnosis on transparency

'Buy' recommendation

  • Investment Trusts
  • 08 February 2021
Martin Gilbert's AssetCo doubles stake in River & Mercantile
Martin Gilbert's AssetCo doubles stake in River & Mercantile

Change of business strategy

  • Industry
  • 08 February 2021
Active funds outperformed passives in H2 2020 - Bowmore
Active funds outperformed passives in H2 2020 - Bowmore

Greater exposure to value helped

  • Funds
  • 08 February 2021
BlackRock promotes Bothwell as Tovey leaves European equity team after 23 years
BlackRock promotes Bothwell as Tovey leaves European equity team after 23 years

David Tovey will depart on 2 April

  • People moves
  • 05 February 2021
M&G to allocate £5bn to fund privately owned sustainable businesses
M&G to allocate £5bn to fund privately owned sustainable businesses

Through Prudential With Profits fund

  • Funds
  • 04 February 2021
Great Point Investments to float £200m film and TV financing trust
Great Point Investments to float £200m film and TV financing trust

Great Point Entertainment Income Trust

  • Investment Trusts
  • 03 February 2021
BlackRock's Mark Hume: 'Attractive' environment for oil and gas companies
BlackRock's Mark Hume: 'Attractive' environment for oil and gas companies

ESG transition no barrier for slick returns

  • Investment Trusts
  • 02 February 2021
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund makes first acquisition as it explores further fundraising
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund makes first acquisition as it explores further fundraising

Round Hill Fund One

  • Investment Trusts
  • 02 February 2021
Fundsmith surges into Pridham Report top ten as Baillie Gifford tops active sales
Fundsmith surges into Pridham Report top ten as Baillie Gifford tops active sales

ESG flows boost Liontrust and Rathbones

  • Funds
  • 01 February 2021
Liontrust hires MGIM's Klempster and removes VAT on MPS
Liontrust hires MGIM's Klempster and removes VAT on MPS

Reporting to John Husselbee

  • Managed funds
  • 01 February 2021
Morningstar rehires Vanguard's Dutt and appoints head of research for IM team
Morningstar rehires Vanguard's Dutt and appoints head of research for IM team

Monika Dutt to lead passive research team

  • People moves
  • 01 February 2021
NextEnergy targets £300m raise for renewable energy trust
NextEnergy targets £300m raise for renewable energy trust

NextEnergy Renewables Limited

  • Investment Trusts
  • 01 February 2021
Honeycomb IT targets share issuance after strong Covid-19 performance
Honeycomb IT targets share issuance after strong Covid-19 performance

2020 downturn spurs trust on for revival

  • Investment Trusts
  • 01 February 2021
Carmignac launches SRI EMD fund amid raft of promotions
Carmignac launches SRI EMD fund amid raft of promotions

Carmignac Portfolio Unconstrained EM Debt fund

  • Funds
  • 29 January 2021
Shareholders may be forced to accept Brevan Howard's fee hike demands - Stifel
Shareholders may be forced to accept Brevan Howard's fee hike demands - Stifel

Upgrades BH Macro and BH Global recommendations

  • Investment Trusts
  • 29 January 2021
Peter Hargreaves and Leonie Schroder were two of the UK's biggest taxpayers - reports
Peter Hargreaves and Leonie Schroder were two of the UK's biggest taxpayers - reports

The Sunday Times Tax List 2021

  • Industry
  • 29 January 2021
LGIM rebrands Ethical Trust by switching to global SRI focus
LGIM rebrands Ethical Trust by switching to global SRI focus

Renamed product to track MSCI World SRI index

  • Funds
  • 28 January 2021
Baillie Gifford US Growth in danger of running out of steam - Stifel
Baillie Gifford US Growth in danger of running out of steam - Stifel

Rating downgraded to 'neutral'

  • Investment Trusts
  • 28 January 2021
Victory Hill raises £242.6m for global infrastructure investment trust
Victory Hill raises £242.6m for global infrastructure investment trust

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities

  • Investment Trusts
  • 28 January 2021
Psigma IM removes VAT from MPS range
Psigma IM removes VAT from MPS range

Effective 1 January 2021

  • Funds
  • 28 January 2021
Investors turn more positive on economy - UBS survey
Investors turn more positive on economy - UBS survey

Return to normality not expected until after July

  • Economics
  • 27 January 2021
Structured product returns fall in 2020 despite continued success
Structured product returns fall in 2020 despite continued success

Almost three-quarters generated positive returns

  • Industry
  • 26 January 2021
Stonehage Fleming adds ex-Merian hire to lead UK wholesale distribution
Stonehage Fleming adds ex-Merian hire to lead UK wholesale distribution

Steven Brown joins

  • People moves
  • 26 January 2021
Baillie Gifford's Robinson: Three reasons Tesla's share price could continue to climb
Baillie Gifford's Robinson: Three reasons Tesla's share price could continue to climb

Electric car maker remains 'undervalued'

  • Investment Trusts
  • 26 January 2021
Ship shape and ready to float? IPO market picks up but headwinds remain for small launches
Ship shape and ready to float? IPO market picks up but headwinds remain for small launches

Larger vehicles in better stead

  • Investment Trusts
  • 26 January 2021
Cordiant Capital to launch digital infrastructure investment trust
Cordiant Capital to launch digital infrastructure investment trust

Seeking £300m

  • Investment Trusts
  • 25 January 2021
Brevan Howard demands fee increase on BH Macro - but has it shot itself in the foot?
Brevan Howard demands fee increase on BH Macro - but has it shot itself in the foot?

Wants to return to 2/20 fee structure

  • Investment Trusts
  • 25 January 2021
UK borrows £34bn in December as public sector debt set to increase through 2021
UK borrows £34bn in December as public sector debt set to increase through 2021

Third highest monthly figure since 1993

  • Economics
  • 22 January 2021
Hipgnosis urged to use equity raise prospectus to shed more light on financial disclosures
Hipgnosis urged to use equity raise prospectus to shed more light on financial disclosures

Raising at 1.2% discount to share price

  • Investment Trusts
  • 21 January 2021
UK dividends will not recover until 2025 - Link Group
UK dividends will not recover until 2025 - Link Group

Payouts fell by 44% in 2020

  • Equities
  • 20 January 2021
Berenberg's Born: Lockdown winners will continue to flourish once value rotation ends
Berenberg's Born: Lockdown winners will continue to flourish once value rotation ends

Good outlook for e-commerce companies

  • Funds
  • 20 January 2021
Investors to wait and see whether Butcher's Invesco revolution can reverse underperformance
Investors to wait and see whether Butcher's Invesco revolution can reverse underperformance

An end to turnovers and losing mandates?

  • UK
  • 19 January 2021
Value investing is dead: Peter Hargreaves' stark prediction for 2021
Value investing is dead: Peter Hargreaves' stark prediction for 2021

'Old economy' will not return to previous highs

  • Funds
  • 19 January 2021
Update: Hurst Point Group completes Hawksmoor acquisition
Update: Hurst Point Group completes Hawksmoor acquisition

Deal first announced in January

  • Industry
  • 18 January 2021
Baillie Gifford adds Kirsty Gibson to US Growth trust management team
Baillie Gifford adds Kirsty Gibson to US Growth trust management team

Replaces Helen Xiong

  • Investment Trusts
  • 18 January 2021
Baillie Gifford's James Anderson: Amazon could be nearing 'day two'
Baillie Gifford's James Anderson: Amazon could be nearing 'day two'

Big Tech in danger of stagnation

  • Investment Trusts
  • 18 January 2021
R&M makes third ex-Merian distribution hire as Pearse joins
R&M makes third ex-Merian distribution hire as Pearse joins

Responsible for the Midlands, South West and Channel Islands

  • People moves
  • 15 January 2021
GVP board urges ACG to end long-running dispute and vote for liquidation
GVP board urges ACG to end long-running dispute and vote for liquidation

Board proposes members' voluntary liquidation

  • Investment Trusts
  • 15 January 2021
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