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Byline: Beth Brearley Trump’s tax repatriation plan and proposals for tighter immigration controls are a cause for concern, says Schroders’ star manager Jenny Jones. The manager of the $2.2bn (£1.8m) [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The Federal Reserve’s projected number of rate hikes for 2017 is “puzzling” according to Pimco’s global strategic adviser. At yesterday’s meeting, the Fed raised rates by 25 [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Liontrust has acquired Alliance Trust Investments (ATI) in a move that will boost its assets under management by around £2.3bn to more than £8bn. Due to complete [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The Federal Reserve’s projected number of rate hikes for 2017 is “puzzling” according to Pimco’s global strategic advisor. At yesterday’s meeting, the Fed raised rates by 25 [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Old Mutual Global Investors’ Stephen Message has left the firm with immediate effect, with Ed Meier taking over the management of the Old Mutual UK Equity Income [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Aviva Investors is adding a fixed income fund to the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) range. Targeting an annual return of 3 per cent gross above cash over [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Nordea Group has appointed Nils Bolmstrand as its head of asset management. The group’s former head of asset management, Christian Hyldahl, left the firm in October for [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The Commodities and Natural Resources sector is the top-performing investment trust sector year to date having risen 72 per cent, according to the AIC. The high returns [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The majority of investment advisers now outsource portfolio management, according to the latest Schroders Adviser Survey. Findings from the Q4 research, which canvassed 252 investment advisers, show [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley When Fund Strategy met with Jasper Berens three years ago, the Retail Distribution Review was the hot topic, having come into effect earlier that year. For JP [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The majority of investment advisers now outsource portfolio management, according to the latest Schroders Adviser Survey. Findings from the Q4 research, which canvassed 252 investment advisers, show [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Neil Birrell, manager of the Premier Diversified fund Low or negative interest rates and tepid economic growth have weighed on bank profitability in most developed markets. Some [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Invesco Perpetual is rolling out a global absolute return income fund to sit within its multi asset range. The Global Targeted Income fund is launching in response [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley The majority of UK investors plan to hold Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments longer than other investments, according to the Schroders Global Investor Study 2016. According [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Chancellor Philip Hammond’s move to boost infrastructure spend has received a mixed reception from investment commentators. In yesterday’s Autumn Statement Hammond committed £23bn over the next five [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Aviva Investors is to reopen its property trust five months after trading was suspended in the fallout from the Brexit vote. The only property trust to remain [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley In today’s Autumn Statement Chancellor Philip Hammond has committed £23bn over the next five years to a new national productivity investment fund. Hammond said: “We are investing [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitment to funding various schemes covering infrastructure, disruptive technology, science, innovation and R&D could prove beneficial to UK investors, Chelsea Financial Services Darius McDermott [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Committee chairman Beth Brearley, features editor September saw the highest rate of UK inflation for nearly two years. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show Consumer [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley In today’s Autumn Statement Chancellor Philip Hammond has committed £23bn over the next five years to a new national productivity investment fund. Hammond said “we are investing [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Aviva Investors is to re-open its property trust five months after trading was suspended in the fallout from the Brexit vote. The only property trust to remain [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Lombard Odier Private Bank has hired Michael Le Garignon as head of independent asset managers (IAM) UK as part of the firm’s drive to build its UK [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley London’s blue-chip index lost this morning’s gains as Chancellor Philip Hammond closed his first Autumn Statement. The FTSE 100 was at 6,818.1, down 1.62 per cent at [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitment to funding various schemes covering infrastructure, disruptive technology, science; innovation and R&D could prove beneficial to UK investors, managing director of Chelsea Financial [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Chancellor Philip Hammond’s move to boost infrastructure spend has received a mixed reception from investment commentators. In today’s Autumn Statement Hammond committed £23bn over the next five [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley This year has been a bumpy ride for the UK funds industry, not least due to the uncertainty preceding the EU referendum and subsequent fallout from the [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Aviva Investors has launched a high conviction global equities fund as part of its outcome-oriented range. The Global Equity Endurance fund is unconstrained with a low turnover [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Fidelity International has added a short-dated corporate bond fund to its UK fixed income range. The Fidelity Short Dated Corporate Bond fund is a bottom-up conservative mandate, [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley UK property saw the biggest decrease in investor sentiment of any asset class in November, falling 6.5 per cent, according to the Lloyds Bank Investor Sentiment index. [...]

Byline: Beth Brearley Fund managers are readying themselves for a switch to fiscal policy ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement on Wednesday. Trevor Greetham, head of multi asset [...]