Schroders is launching an onshore version of its ISF QEP Global Emerging Markets fund, to be managed by the QEP investment team headed by Justin Abercrombie (pictured).
The cyclicality of listed asset management businesses has been called into question as big names spring dividend surprises and attract the interest of UK equity income managers.
Scotland's fund industry is lining up tax and legal specialists ahead of the independence referendum, as some predict continuing uncertainty whatever the result.
The FTSE 100 opened down slightly in early trading, with a host of financial stocks leading the fallers.
Multi-asset and equity products have driven net intermediary inflows of £3.8bn for Schroders in the first half of 2014, prompting a 50% hike in the group's interim dividend.
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Funds from Schroders, Jupiter, and Henderson Global Investors are dominating Chelsea Financial Services' new ratings service, FundCalibre.
Asian markets still face three key hurdles on their path to recovery, according to Schroders' head of Asian fixed income, Rajeev De Mello.
Platforms are racing to update their conversion programmes as advisers complain about hefty charges when switching clients into clean share classes.