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Pension scheme collaboration leads to lower passive fees

Seven local authority pension funds in the UK have collaborated to invest £6.5 billion (€9.2 billion) in pooled passive funds...

Unigestion appoints new equities portfolio manager

Unigestion has announced the appointment of David Latto as senior vice president, portfolio manager, within the equities team. Latto will...

Reshuffle at OMGI corporate bond fund

Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) has announced the promotion of Lloyd Harris as lead fund manager of its €685m Corporate...

Duncan Higgs rejoins Towers Watson

Towers Watson has appointed Duncan Higgs to its delegated investment team following increasing demand for fiduciary management services, most recently...

Martin Currie appoints Mark Whitehead head of equity income

Edinburgh-based equity specialist, Martin Currie, has appointed Mark Whitehead as the firm’s head of equity income. This newly created role...

Jupiter appoints executive adviser for Italy

Jupiter Fund Management has appointed Matteo Dante Perruccio as an executive adviser. In the role, Perruccio will look to establish...

AIFMD halting non-EU funds, evidence shows

Evidence that some alternative fund managers with funds domiciled outside of the EU are not targeting European investors due to...

France’s Amplegest to merge with SGI Management

Asset manager Amplegest is to merge with wealth manager SGI Group. In a move approved by France’s financial regulator, the...

Europe confidence up, but investors remain risk averse

Institutional investors are more confident about the investment outlook in Europe, November data shows, but confidence declined about global prospects....

Market reaction to Autumn Statement

The more buoyant economic outlook for Britain that UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne forecast yesterday has sparked a...