August to October saw another quarter of significant growth with 48,000 activity/ mentions (a 17% increase vs the previous quarter) across the cohort of wealth management Brands included in this research. Wider UK industry activity/mentions grew by 8% for the quarter (off a much larger sample base
Read more →The latest Pridham report shows Artemis and Henderson have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the renewed interest in equity funds. The report comes on the back of recent Investment Management Association figures, which showed equity funds produced net sales of £8 billion in the first nine
Read more →Unless you have spent the last month in a black hole you would not have failed to miss what was described by one commentator as the biggest news “ever” to grace the asset management industry. Neil Woodford’s departure from Invesco Perpetual, where he ran over half of
Read more →Interesting, but brief article in Citywire, highlighting a possible industry disruption from established UK Fund Managers: A consortium of fund groups have offered the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) £1 billion for the 316-branch network it is looking to offload on condition of a quick sale. The consortium,
Read more →Richard Buxton, one of the top performing and most popular UK fund managers, is to leave Schroders for rival firm Old Mutual. Mr Buxton, who runs more than £4bn for Schroders, will be leaving in June after 11 years to join rival Old Mutual. His deputy and
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Read more →Baring Asset Management has appointed Angus Woolhouse as global head of distribution. Woolhouse replaces George Harvey who will be retiring from the industry at the end of April after over 14 years with the firm. Angus has previously held a number of senior roles at Gartmore, Invesco
Read more →David Bower has joined Invesco Perpetual as head of marketing for the EMEA region. Bower will have responsibility for the development and management of all marketing capabilities across the EMEA region and will report to head of distribution, Ian Trevers. Bower joins Invesco Perpetual from Blackrock, where
Read more →Invesco Perpetual’s head of distribution Ian Trevers has said a multi-asset capability will be essential for success post-RDR after Invesco revealed it had hired a trio of multi-asset managers last week. The group has poached Richard Batty, David Millar and David Jubb, who currently work on Standard
Read more →These are some really interesting insights from a comprehensive article on Invesco Perpetual recently published by Fund Web: Perpetual was the original boutique. It started its life with a few, then unknown, managers in the restful surroundings of Henley-on-Thames. This proved the unlikely setting for the germination
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