Albemarle Street Partners has highlighted seven funds in the IMA Targeted Absolute Return sector which could outperform, according to its recently launched screening tool ‘Alpha Quest'.
Schroders chief executive Michael Dobson said the group now has the strongest UK equity team in its history - despite the departure of Richard Buxton.
Sanlam Private Investments (SPI) has reaffirmed its ‘sell' recommendation on Richard Wilmot's £2.1bn Newton Higher Income fund, arguing its recent overhaul has made the fund a less attractive option for income seekers.
Rob Thorpe has joined Sarasin & Partners as head of retail as the group recruits three former Cazenove sales managers to its enlarged team.
Cazenove Capital's head of UK retail Rob Thorpe is to leave the firm imminently as Schroders concludes its takeover of the group.
The last month has seen financial markets become increasingly unnerved by suggestions the US Federal Reserve is beginning to contemplate curtailing the rate of quantitative easing.
Last week Aberdeen held a little party in London to celebrate its 30th anniversary - a remarkable achievement for a company which, at the turn of the century, did not look like it would last another three years, let alone 30.