Japanese funds dominate quiet November
Japan funds continued their strong performance into November, with the IA Japanese Smaller Companies and Japan sectors producing the strongest returns in an otherwise quiet month for markets.
Japan funds continued their strong performance into November, with the IA Japanese Smaller Companies and Japan sectors producing the strongest returns in an otherwise quiet month for markets.
The Stewart Investors Indian Subcontinent Fund has reopened to investors for the first time in five years today (Friday).
A third of investors have ditched their provider over the past 24 months a new study by Compeer has found, and close to half are considering whether they should stay or go.
Fidelity’s fee overhaul has been hit by accusations that it is unnecessarily complex and will see investors charged over the odds for mediocre fund performance.
Architas has pulled Neil Woodford’s equity income fund from its multi-asset and multi-manager range, becoming the third fund group to ditch the mega manager in a matter of months.
The Rathbone Global Opportunities fund is running its lowest ever cash position because lead manager James Thomson is currently finding so many buy ideas in the market.
Fidelity’s move to a performance-based fee model has nothing to do with pricing pressures in the industry it has claimed as it revealed details as to how the structure will work in practice.
Oxford University is to issue its first bond by the end of the year in order to raise £250m, using JP Morgan to arrange investor meetings.
Holdings in Alibaba, Nvidia and Naspars helped propel the Baillie Gifford managed £1.6bn Monks Investment Trust to almost double the return of its benchmark index for the six months to 31 October, the closed-ended company announced today.
Quilter Cheviot has launched a strategy investing in the alternative investment market (Aim), targeted at UK-based high net worth investors.
Polar Capital has announced a second fund closure in two days, with the Global Alpha Fund next for the chopping block.
Seneca Investment Managers has sold out of UK drinks wholesaler Conviviality, having seen a 65% return since it initiated the position in January this year.