Investment

Graham Ashby former head of UK equities at Ignis Asset Management, has replaced Richard Moore as manager of two equity funds at Santander Asset Management.

Former Old Mutual Asset Managers(OMAM) chief investment officer Eoin Murray has joined Hermes as head of its investment office.

Does the renewed focus on ‘active share' (AS) represent a step forward for fund disclosure or simply a PR victory? The jury is still out.

Banking giant HSBC helped wealthy clients dodge paying millions in tax to UK authorities, the BBC has reported.

BlackRock pipped Woodford Investment Management to be the top-selling fund group of 2014, in large part due to the popularity of its index funds, according to the latest Pridham Report.

Aberdeen Asset Management may be among the bidders for Russell Investment Management, the $260bn asset manager put on the block by London Stock Exchange Group, according to analysts at Numis.

Research firm FundCalibre has ranked Unicorn as the top-performing equity house of the past five years, with Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) topping a ranking of generalist managers.

Investors may soon be entering a brave new world of zero yield corporate bonds, according to M&G fixed income manager James Tomlins.

BlackRock's Justin Christofel has been increasing his exposure to bond ETFs in order to minimise fixed income liquidity risk in the £1.2bn Global Multi-Asset Income fund.

Peter Lees has resigned from F&C, two months after handing over his UK equity fund to other managers.