Fund Strategy
8 September 2008

  • Artemis hires manager for change of fund focus

    8 Sep 2008

    Artemis has appointed Ruth Keattch as a fund manager to its multi-cap team to assist in shifting the emphasis of its £849m UK Special Situations fund from large cap to small and medium cap.

  • Axa bond fund manager resigns

    8 Sep 2008

    Neil Sutherland has stepped down from managing Axa Investment Management's Sterling Corporate Bond and Cautious Managed funds and resigned from the firm. Sutherland's place on the £135m Corporate Bond fund will be taken by Theo Zemek. who took up the role of head of global income at Axa in March after leaving New Star Asset Management.

  • Axial and RAM merger sparks idea for new name

    8 Sep 2008

    Resolution Asset Management (RAM) will be renamed Ignis Asset Management in November as part of its merger with Axial Investment Management.

  • BlackRock blitz on Europe paying off

    8 Sep 2008

    BlackRock took swift action when its Greater European trust started to lag. With a revamped portfolio, a bigger team and a new manager, the trust is narrowing the gap on its benchmark.

  • Brave souls are not ditching russia

    8 Sep 2008

    No need to fear a new Cold War, Robin Geffen of Neptune says. Russia needs the West more than it admits. And a rise in net inflows to his fund shows that small investors may agree.

  • E.Tr@der

    8 Sep 2008

    Sorry if the market is getting you down. I'm not finding it easy either. In fact Liz and I are off to Portugal in a couple of weeks. Would you and Brennan like to join us?

  • Fossil fuels vital to future development

    8 Sep 2008

    Daniel Ben-Ami, EditorIt seems virtually all politicians want to present themselves as enemies of "big oil". It is a pity they have forgotten the huge benefits of fossil fuels.

  • Fund Manager's Diary

    8 Sep 2008

    Today was the first home game for Fulham in the Premiership and it turned out to be a glorious victory against Arsenal - slightly unexpected after losing to Hull a week earlier.

  • IMA sectors could include offshore

    8 Sep 2008

    Steven Brown, the head of wholesale at Principal Global Investors, says a move that would see offshore funds included in the mainstream Investment Management Association (IMA) sectors is "imminent".

  • Matterley trust plan 'growing fast'

    8 Sep 2008

    Matterley expects to unveil a 130/30 investment trust for Henry Dixon and George Godber by the end of this year. The news coincides with the launch of Undervalued Returns - the firm's first retail open-ended fund.

  • Metals reflect highs and lows of global activity

    8 Sep 2008

    James Steel, the chief commodities analyst at HSBC in New York, talks to Vanessa Drucker about metal.

  • Neptune wades in with quality haul

    8 Sep 2008

    Neptune’s sector-based research generates results, says Robin Geffen, the managing director - but it is also incentives and team effort that help the boutique flourish. Neal Underwood reports.

  • New manager joins Close

    8 Sep 2008

    Stuart Dyer has been appointed head of UK distribution at Close Investments, covering private client, retail and institutional channels. For the past two years he has been responsible for the Close UK offshore trust and fund administration businesses and before that was chief executive officer of Cofunds.

  • OSBR acquires slice of Crosby

    8 Sep 2008

    Old Broad Street Research (OSBR), an independent investment funds research and consultancy company, has acquired the international funds research and ratings business of Crosby Forsyth. As part of the deal Crosby will gain access to OBSR's research database. OBSR also announced that it has withdrawn the ratings on the Invesco Perpetual UK Aggressive, JP Morgan Japan and SocGen UK Special Opportunities funds.

  • Overseas antidote to property gloom

    8 Sep 2008

    As a survey reveals deepening pessimism over British commercial property, a New Star real estate fund focusing on investments outside Britain has found favour with AFI panellists.

  • PSigma quest for value will focus on America

    8 Sep 2008

    Thomas Becket, the manager of the upcoming PSigma Balanced Managed Fund of Funds, says America offers better value for investors than Europe.

  • SCAM

    8 Sep 2008

    The chairman is furious that his little secret is out - he has an investment project up his sleeve that he is sure will be a goer. But in a market of conflicting views, which line should he follow?

  • Shattered nerves on borrowed time

    8 Sep 2008

    The high cost of borrowing hits financial institutions and households causing growth to slow. But a stable housing market and lower rates will restore investors' confidence in equity markets.

  • Sticky situation

    8 Sep 2008

    Central banks attempted damage limitation to prevent the crisis in the financial markets spilling over into the real economy. But more than one year on the institutions come under fire as policies are tested and found wanting. Tomas Hirst reports.

  • Timing the call before spreads rise

    8 Sep 2008

    The downturn hit returns on the European High-Yield Index but the asset class is less volatile on the downside than equities. However, investors should wait before increasing exposure.

  • United Nations points finger at speculators

    8 Sep 2008

    A United Nations body has joined those who blame speculation for much of the high volatility in commodity prices.

  • Witan hires two for top positions

    8 Sep 2008

    Witan Investment Trust has confirmed the appointments of Robert Clarke as chief executive officer and Mark Lynam as chief investment officer to replace the outgoing chief executive Jim Horsburgh. Before joining Witan, Clarke was chief executive of Majedie Investments.

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