Skandia's UK Best Ideas fund drops Luckraft By Charlotte Banks  30-Jun-2010 01:15 PM
Skandia’s UK Best Ideas fund has dropped AXA Framlington’s George Luckraft as part of a restructure, which now see the fund focus on six high conviction managers

Baring appoints Naoki Toyoda By Charlotte Banks  15-Jun-2010 12:00 PM
Baring Asset Management has appointed Naoki Toyoda as head of mutual fund sales and client service in Japan to support the growth of its Toshin fund range in the region.

OBSR set to meet with Baillie Gifford fund team By Lora Coventry  20-May-2010 02:00 PM
Ratings body OBSR is set to meet with the Baillie Gifford High Yield Bond fund team, after manager Ben Thompson announced he is leaving the industry.

Murphy and Kirrage to join Schroders Income fund By Charlotte Banks  18-May-2010 01:00 PM
Kevin Murphy and Nick Kirrage are to replace Trustnet Alpha Manager Nick Purves and Ian Lance as managers of the Schroder Income fund.

Gartmore adds Nick Roberts to multi-manager team By Charlotte Banks  07-May-2010 04:00 PM
Gartmore has appointed Nick Roberts as analyst to its multi-manager team.

SWIP appoints head of UK equities By Charlotte Banks  05-May-2010 10:00 AM
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Peter Cockburn as head of UK equities.

De Blonay appointed co-manager of Jupiter fund By Charlotte Banks  05-May-2010 09:00 AM
Guy de Blonay is to take up his role as co-manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities fund, working alongside Trustnet Alpha Manager Philip Gibbs, on 1 June 2010.

Invesco appoints Nick Mustoe as CIO By Charlotte Banks  27-Apr-2010 11:30 AM
Invesco Perpetual has appointed Nick Mustoe as its new chief investment officer (CIO), replacing Bob Yerbury.

LV= appoints new managing director of life and pensions By Charlotte Banks  11-Mar-2010 11:15 AM
LV= has appointed Richard Rowney to the role of managing director of its life and pensions business.

JOHCM appoints managers for new fund By Charlotte Banks  01-Mar-2010 11:00 AM
J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Emery Brewer and Ivo St. Kovachev to launch the JOHCM Global Emerging Markets fund.

Barings appoints Lampl as head of LatAm equity By Charlotte Banks  01-Mar-2010 10:30 AM
Baring Asset Management has appointed Roberto Lampl as head of Latin America equity.

Invesco announces fixed income manager changes By Charlotte Banks  26-Feb-2010 11:30 AM
Paul Read and Paul Causer, joint heads of fixed income at Invesco Perpetual have handed over five of their funds to new managers.

Ex-Gartmore Surtees joins BNY Mellon By Fund Strategy  23-Feb-2010 05:00 PM
Prior to joining BNY Mellon Asset Management, Surtees was the head of credit and a senior manager at Gartmore.

Thorp to run new Liontrust vehicle By Fund Strategy  22-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
The Liontrust Credit Absolute Return fund will be similar to the Cayman Islands-domiciled long/ short European credit hedge fund which Thorp brought across with him from Ilex, the firm he co-founded. However, its Ucits III structure will make it “20% more restrictive” than the hedge fund, says Thorp.

Threadneedle bolsters Asian team By Fund Strategy  22-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
Threadneedle says Lowndes, who is currently based in London, will relocate permanently to Hong Kong on April 1.

Gartmore's Bennett takes over European funds as manager leaves By Fund Strategy  19-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
Having spent 15 years with Gartmore, Jones left the group at the end of last year. He will join Principal Investment Managemenbt, a private client investment management specialist, as the chief investment officer in April.

Threadneedle poaches RWC’s Chris Kinder By Fund Strategy  17-Feb-2010 05:00 PM
Kinder will work closely with Mark Westwood on the Threadneedle UK Crescendo fund and high alpha long-only range.

Ex-Origin co-founder joins DSP By Fund Strategy  15-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
He joins as a partner and portfolio manager on March 1. He will be based in London.

Gartmore newcomer takes active approach to portfolio revamp By Fund Strategy  08-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
Manager Jan de Bruijn pledges bigger bets.

Liontrust hires John Ions as head of retail By Fund Strategy  08-Feb-2010 09:19 AM
Liontrust Asset Management has appointed John Ions to the new role of head of retail at the firm.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust gets deputy manager By Fund Strategy  03-Feb-2010 05:00 PM
He will work alongside James Anderson, the group’s chief investment officer and lead manager of the trust.

Jupiter appoints new CIO By Charlotte Banks   02-Feb-2010 11:30 AM
John Chatfeild-Roberts has taken over from Edward Bonham Carter as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Jupiter.

Close appoints new CFO By Fund Strategy  28-Jan-2010 12:00 PM
Chambers has worked for a number of accountancy and financial services firms, including Arthur Andersen, Lehman Brothers, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Standard Chartered.

Gartmore bolsters distribution team By Fund Strategy  27-Jan-2010 05:00 PM
Turner joins from Williams de Broe and reports to Warren Shiels, head of intermediary sales.

GLG’s multi-manager head to step down By Fund Strategy  22-Jan-2010 05:00 PM
Harvey is the chief executive officer of the firm’s multi-manager arm and also manages the GLG MMI Enhanced fund and MMI Diversified fund.

David Dalton-Brown joins Barclays Wealth By Fund Strategy  20-Jan-2010 12:00 PM
Dalton-Brown left Fidelity FundsNetwork in October after five years at the firm. He will be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of Barclays Wealth’s fund ranges, implementation of the product, client service delivery and the quality of the control environment.

Aegon boosts European equity team By Fund Strategy  20-Jan-2010 12:00 PM
McPherson joins Aegon from Standard Life Investments (SLI), where she was a director of European equities.

Baillie Gifford European head to step down in 2011 By Fund Strategy  18-Jan-2010 12:00 AM
Hollis spent 10 years on Baillie Gifford’s British equities team and five years on its North American equities team before joining the European team in 2004. He became a partner in 2002 and has been the head of European equities since 2008.

MFS strengthens equity analyst team By Fund Strategy  15-Jan-2010 12:00 AM
McPherson joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he worked for 13 years, where during his tenure he was the co-head of European equity research and the co-head of European equities.Ward was previously at Citigroup, where he was the vic...

Skandia changes manager on US Large Cap Growth By Fund Strategy  15-Jan-2010 12:00 AM
Fifth Third Asset Management (FTAM) is a large-cap boutique based in Cincinnati that will now run the $80m (£49m) fund on behalf of the group. It was formerly managed by Andrew Shilling of Wellington Management.

FTAM expects large-cap...

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