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Scottish Mortgage's Slater: Why investing privately opens the best doors

Private investments now 10% of portfolio

  • Investment Trusts
  • 13 November 2015
EdenTree's Round: We had to rebrand as 'Ecclesiastical' did not resonate in asset management

Director of group investments talks growth plans and challenges for SRI managers

  • Funds
  • 08 October 2015
Bramson renews Electra attack

Activist pursuing board appointments

  • Investment Trusts
  • 18 September 2015
Ashby overhauls £900m Santander UK Growth fund in bid to turn around performance
Ashby overhauls £900m Santander UK Growth fund in bid to turn around performance

Revises overweights and underweights

  • UK
  • 17 September 2015
Rathbones' Coombs added to ITs despite 'scepticism'

Criticism of discount contol mechanisms

  • Investment Trusts
  • 17 September 2015
AIC: Investment trust fundraising hits all-time high

High yield products popular

  • Investment Trusts
  • 16 September 2015
Investors pile into 'fear index' futures ahead of Fed rate decision

VIX long positions at record high

  • Markets
  • 16 September 2015
Inflation falls back to zero in August

Dampens case for UK rate rise

  • Economics
  • 15 September 2015
Octopus launches £50m fundraising for Titan VCT

Largest VCT in UK

  • Alternatives
  • 11 September 2015
Henderson's Ward: The case for an early UK rate rise has strengthened
Henderson's Ward: The case for an early UK rate rise has strengthened

Economist says domestic data supportive

  • Economics
  • 11 September 2015
MPC votes 8-1 to hold rates as domestic data weighs
MPC votes 8-1 to hold rates as domestic data weighs

Bank to monitor impact of global volatility

  • Economics
  • 10 September 2015
Citi: China is hurling the world into global economic recession
Citi: China is hurling the world into global economic recession

55% chance of global recession

  • Economics
  • 10 September 2015
Nikkei bounces back almost 8% on China stimulus hopes

Japan's index sees biggest daily rise since 2008

  • Asia
  • 09 September 2015
JPMAM boosts EM debt team with pair of hires

Two recruits build global team

  • Investment
  • 09 September 2015
Trusts outperform over long term...but OEICs better on 12-month view

Data shows closed-ended stronger over five years

  • Investment Trusts
  • 08 September 2015
£1.6bn Mercantile trust managers poised to take advantage of sell-off

Cash levels increased

  • Investment Trusts
  • 07 September 2015
Henderson's Awdry: Investors must navigate many 'known unknowns' in China

New landscape for businesses

  • Asia
  • 04 September 2015
Merchants trust manager eyes mega caps for UK value

Banks proving attractive

  • UK
  • 02 September 2015
Oil price jumps 25%... but markets suffer worst August for three years

Oil surged over three trading sessions following fall in US production

  • Markets
  • 01 September 2015
Aberdeen launches $500m liquid Alternative Strategies fund

Fund to offer diversification benefits

  • Alternatives
  • 28 August 2015
Revealed: Canaccord's top investment trust contrarian plays

Canaccord Genuity has recommended a number of closed-ended vehicles which investors should reconsider, including a handful still sitting on a premium.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 28 August 2015
US markets rally as Q2 GDP revised up to 3.7%

Interest rates back in the spotlight as economy improves

  • Markets
  • 27 August 2015
UBS GAM launches pair of alternative beta trackers

Firm responds to growing smart beta demand

  • Industry
  • 27 August 2015
Fed's Dudley: September rate hike 'less compelling'

William Dudley, the president of the New York branch of the Federal Reserve, has said the recent volatility in China makes a US rate hike next month less attractive.

  • Markets
  • 27 August 2015
Mid Wynd issues three million shares in first year under Artemis
Mid Wynd issues three million shares in first year under Artemis

The Mid Wynd International investment trust has bounced back, after switching management from Baillie Gifford to Artemis last year, with total net assets up 28% to £80.8m over the year to June 2015.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 26 August 2015
Update: China rebounds sharply, S&P 500 sees best day since 2011

FTSE opens 2% higher

  • Markets
  • 25 August 2015
Philbin's Wellian partners with IFA FiveWays for bespoke MM range

Portfolios will invest in a number of collectives

  • Wealth Management
  • 25 August 2015
Osborne warns Britain 'not immune' to Asian market turmoil

Chancellor issues warning after nearly 5% FTSE drop

  • Economics
  • 25 August 2015
Cazenove hires duo for regional sales push

Pair join DFM team at wealth manager

  • Wealth managers
  • 25 August 2015
S&W's Lawlor: Investors struggling with 'enormous dose' of uncertainty

Warning on China and Europe

  • Markets
  • 24 August 2015
Thesis: Pensions freedoms have driven IFAs to DFMs

Need to consider longer time horizons

  • Wealth Management
  • 19 August 2015
Train: FT was sold for the highest possible price

Manager praises Pearson for maximising sale value

  • UK
  • 19 August 2015
Key Buffett indicator flashes warning signals on Japanese valuations
Key Buffett indicator flashes warning signals on Japanese valuations

Are Japanese stocks in bubble territory?

  • Markets
  • 19 August 2015
Why Japan is becoming fertile ground for SRI funds

Improving corporate governance adds to appeal

  • Investment Trusts
  • 18 August 2015
Man Group rebrands UK GLG fund range
Man Group rebrands UK GLG fund range

All 12 funds to be renamed Man GLG

  • Industry
  • 17 August 2015
Henderson study: Majority of investors support performance fees

A study by Henderson Global Investors has found the majority of investors supported performance fees on funds, despite an industry-wide trend for scrapping them.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 12 August 2015
Royal London hires ex-pensions minister Webb as director of policy

Former pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed he is to join Royal London as director of policy and external communications.

  • Industry
  • 12 August 2015
A tale of two halves: Fund groups see mixed fortunes in H1

The first six months of 2015 have been a tale of two halves for asset managers, as some noted record inflows while others saw investors heading for the exit in droves.

  • Industry
  • 12 August 2015
Woodford's Patient Capital Trust could raise £80m in new share issuance

Neil Woodford's Patient Capital Trust is to issue new shares in a tap issuance programme to satisfy 'excess demand' from investors.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 11 August 2015
Miners tumble as Chinese data disappoints

Mining stocks are dragging down the FTSE 100 index after weak trade figures in China have reignited worries about a slowdown in its economic growth.

  • Markets
  • 10 August 2015
HSBC launches Global Multi-Asset Income fund

HSBC Global Asset Management has added a new multi-asset income fund to its Luxembourg-domiciled fund range.

  • Multi-asset
  • 06 August 2015
BlackRock LatAm trust 'most defensive' in a decade
BlackRock LatAm trust 'most defensive' in a decade

Will Landers, manager of BlackRock's Latin American investment trust, said he has adopted a defensive but more flexible investment approach as the region continues to struggle.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 05 August 2015
Williams' MicroCap trust raises £4m in first share issue

Miton's UK MicroCap trust has announced its first share issue since launch in April, raising an additional £4.3m.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 05 August 2015
Miton Worldwide sets out liquidity measures to attract inflows
Miton Worldwide sets out liquidity measures to attract inflows

Nick Greenwood's Miton Worldwide Growth trust has proposed new measures to provide investors with more liquidity in a bid to attract inflows.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 05 August 2015
Hedge funds snap up 60% of bargain RBS shares
Hedge funds snap up 60% of bargain RBS shares

Speculative investors such as hedge funds stocked up on as much as 60% of the shares released in yesterday's RBS sale as they took advantage of the bargain price offered by the government.

  • Markets
  • 05 August 2015
SVM's Cuthbert: Why old-style European utilities are dead
SVM's Cuthbert: Why old-style European utilities are dead

SVM's Hugh Cuthbert, co-manager of the All Europe SRI fund, has said the investment case for traditional utilities companies has come to a permanent end.

  • Europe
  • 04 August 2015
Niven: How £2.5bn Foreign and Colonial trust has benefitted from BMO deal

Paul Niven, manager of the £2.5bn Foreign and Colonial investment trust, said he has already started tapping into the resources on offer following BMO's acquisition of F&C earlier this year.

  • Investment Trusts
  • 04 August 2015
Allianz GI to close EcoTrends fund and rebrand risk range

Allianz Global Investors is to close its EcoTrends fund in October, while in a separate move it will add the label 'multi asset' to its RiskMaster range.

  • Multi-asset
  • 04 August 2015
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