Standard Life

Charles Stanley is to offer its model portfolio range via Standard Life's Wrap platform.

How to choose an absolute return fund

Kames Capital is considering a move into the multi-asset absolute return space, following strong inflows into its existing absolute return products and the outstanding success of the multi-billion pound GARS franchise.

EFG Asset Management is set to launch an M&A tracker fund led by global chief investment officer Mozamil Afzal, together with head of equity research Robin Milway.

The pace of the economic recovery in the UK has taken economists by surprise in the last year, prompting a number of upwards revisions for GDP growth.

Ignis Asset Management has converted its £1.2bn UK Property fund into a Property Authorised Investment Fund (PAIF) in a bid to offer investors a tax-efficient way to access the vehicle.

Standard Life Investments' Daniel McKernan has been buying in to bank debt in his £585m Corporate Bond fund as moves by regulators to shore up balance sheets seem set to boost prices.

Standard Life's Q1 figures have been bolstered by further inflows into SLI's flagship GARS fund, but elsewhere the group said it had seen annuity sales fall 50% after March's Budget announcement.

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