Funds
Platforms
Aviva's platform has said it is on course to achieve profitability in 2016 and its target of £6bn in AUM by the end of the year, after assets doubled in the last 12 months.
17 July 2014
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Investment Trusts
Fidelity's Dale Nicholls is making greater use of third-party consultants to mitigate the risk of company fraud, which has been a problem for the China Special Situations trust in the past.
16 July 2014
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UK
The SRI sector has drawn much attention since a series of tax breaks on social investments were introduced earlier this year. Annabelle Williams analyses the different types of SRI funds available to investors .
15 July 2014
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8 min read
Platforms
Zurich has overhauled its platform fee structure and announced a cut in its initial investment charge for all clients.
10 July 2014
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1 min read
Investment Trusts
Twenty investment trusts have scrapped performance fees so far this year as pressure from open-ended rivals causes boards to take action.
08 July 2014
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Platforms
Zurich is not interested in participating in a platform price "race to the bottom", its head of retail platform strategy has said.
04 July 2014
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ETFs
HSBC has launched the first of a range of ‘smart beta' ETFs, giving investors exposure to one of its own tailored global benchmarks.
01 July 2014
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1 min read
