Catherine Lafferty

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Bank of England keeps rates unchanged

The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 0.5% in a move which was widely anticipated by economists. Ed Hutchings, UK sovereign portfolio...

Schroders takes stake in property lending company

London-based investment house Schroders is expanding its footprint in property and alternative investments by taking a 20% stake in real estate lending firm A10...

Janus Henderson appoints European equities analysts

Janus Henderson Investors has appointed two investment analysts, Tom O’Hara and Tom Lemaigre, to its European equities team. O’Hara joins from Exane BNP Paribas where...

Eurizon posts 6.5% rise in assets

Italian asset manager Eurizon enjoyed a 6.5% jump in its assets under management (AuM) in the 12 months to March. The Milan-based firm’s first quarter results...

German funds association slams Priips

The Priips regulation has “serious and complex flaws” and must be amended before it comes into force in 2020, the German Investment Funds Industry...

Europe’s sub-advisory boom

The European sub-advisory market is growing at an “impressive” pace and already attracts 5.4% of today's total European mutual fund and exchange-traded fund net...

Fixed income drives spring ETP inflows

Global exchange-traded product (ETP) inflows in April were fuelled by fixed income which doubled in comparison to the previous month. According to BlackRock’s monthly ‘Global...

NN Investment Partners unveils convertible bond fund

Netherlands-based NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has launched a convertible bond fund. The company believes that equity return potential with lower downside and low exposure...

Saxo hires central and eastern Europe CEO

Multi-asset trading and investment fintech specialist Saxo Bank has hired Vitali Butbaev as chief executive for central and eastern Europe. He replaces Pavel Drahotsky. Butbaev was...

Lloyds disagrees with Standard Life Aberdeen stance

Lloyds Banking Group has hit back at Standard Life Aberdeen, saying the claim that the firms are not in competition with each other was...

UK companies profit from global economic growth

Profits in the UK’s top 350 UK listed companies reached a record high in 2017 extending a period of growth not seen since the...

Hedge funds get their mojo back

Hedge funds bounced back in April after a two-month performance decline, led by fixed income-based relative value arbitrage and equity hedge strategies. Fixed income-based relative...

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