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 →Aberdeen Asset Management has bought fund manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds Banking Group in a £650m deal as part of a “strategic partnership” with the lender. The fund manager is acquiring SWIP via the issue of 131.8m new shares to the state-backed bank worth £550m
Read more →UK-based alternative asset manager Man Group has appointed Jamie Douglas as chief executive of its Australian business, Man Investments Australia. Douglas is the former managing director for all foreign exchange and emerging markets at JP Morgan London’s chief investment office. He will be responsible for providing local
Read more →Legal and General is undergoing a restructure which will see its unit trust business become a part of Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) and its annuities business spun out as a separate division. Mark Gregory has been appointed group chief financial officer as a result of
Read more →Artemis Investment Management has hired Richard Pursglove as head of retail, to drive the firm’s distribution strategy from September this year. Strengthening Artemis’ existing sales team and reporting to Artemis’ Head of Asset Gathering, Dick Turpin, Richard will be responsible for the future development and delivery of
Read more →Following an intensive period of industry consultation, the structure and inclusions of Fishtank’s Social Media Intelligence (SMI) focused on Australian Investment Management and Superannuation have now been finalised. The next report containing agreed refinements will be available to subscribers in mid July and cover the period from January
Read more →Lloyds Banking Group is to sell its international private banking business to Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) as part of its strategy to focus on the domestic wealth market. The transaction will includes the bank’s Geneva-based Private Bank, its branches based in Geneva, Zurich, Monaco and Gibraltar, and its representative office
Read more →Perpetual has appointed Dean Winterton as general manager distribution for its Perpetual Investments business. Winterton will be responsible for driving inflows via a targeted sales and marketing strategy aimed at reducing redemptions and growing the business from its current base of $26 billion in funds under management.
Read more →Lazard Asset Management has appointed Susan Roberts as chief executive of its Asia Pacific business. In the new role Roberts will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Lazard’s Australian and New Zealand business. Prior to her promotion, Roberts was senior vice president, head of client services
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