Fund search activity suggests investors in Q3 2019 were looking further afield, with manager of emerging market debt the major beneficiaries, writes Tom Ashford.
Kames Capital’s multi-asset portfolios remain mainly in “long” risk assets says Vincent McEntegart, co-manager of the Kames Global Diversified Income Fund.
Neil Woodford’s flagship equity fund is to be shut down more than four months after it was suspended following issues with illiquid assets. The move was described as “shaking the industry to the core”.
European exchange-traded funds (ETF) saw a return of positive flows in September driven by equities.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ Global Multi Asset Income Fund is holding more fixed income than equities for the first time in five years, in a sign reflecting how other similar funds are adopting a cautious stance as central banks work to avoid recession.
RBC Investor & Treasury Services, part of the Royal Bank of Canada, has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits strategy for Japan-based Daiwa Asset Management.
The UK is set to suffer severely if it crashes out of the EU without a deal, according to analysis by index provider MSCI.
LGPS Central Limited - which manages the pooled assets of nine UK-based public sector pension funds - has launched a multi-factor equity fund with climate at the core of its investment process.
UK-domiciled active equity funds suffered record outflows in the third quarter. It was the fourth consecutive quarter of redemptions as investors continued their exodus to safer asset classes.
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has supported the launch of an absolute return fund created by a Paris-based fintech firm, Napoleon Capital.
