Ignis has spun off its property operations into a new standalone unit, Ignis Real Estate.
Ignis Asset Management has hired Mark Lovett as its CIO for equities from Allianz RCM, where he held a similar position.
Ignis head of credit portfolio management Chris Bowie explains his defensive positioning on expectations of a further $2trn of US and £400bn of UK quantitative easing.
F&C will retain the £617m Commercial Property trust (FCPT) mandate following a failed takeover bid by Ignis-managed UK Commercial Property trust.
On the second anniversary of the Lehman Brothers downfall, the investment bank roared back onto the front pages of the business press.
Ignis' head of global funds and asset allocation is to run Marlborough's new Emerging Markets trust.