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Sabadell’s Alberto Arrambide: Questing by quintiles

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 20, 2013 at 08:01

Sabadell’s head of manager selection, Alberto Arrambide, has come up with a fund selection process which evolves along five tiers and those that make it into his portfolio are usually taken from the top drawer.

Franklin Templeton takes full control of US alternatives boutique

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 19, 2013 at 10:30

The US giant has acquired the remainder of an alternatives specialist it first bought a stake in back in 2010.

Mora WM's Eli Butnaru: Setting the market straight

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 19, 2013 at 08:01

Eli Butnaru, CEO of Mora Wealth Management’s Miami office, believes most investors’ methods for analysing risk and selecting managers are inherently flawed, so he’s come up with his own approach.

Gross: 'there will be no dramatic rise in rates'

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:25

The world’s biggest bond investor releases his second official comment piece in the space of two weeks to allay fixed income fears.

Espirito Santo's Lia Yaffar: Back to basics

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 18, 2013 at 08:01

Espirito Santo Bank’s head of wealth management, Lia Yaffar, says what her clients need most is core investments rather than niche solutions.

EFG's Hans Abate: moving with the times

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 17, 2013 at 16:09

Hans Abate, EFG Capital Americas head of asset management, believes LatAm investors have reached a crossroads and are now beginning to look beyond their traditional markets.

Carmignac: our performance has been 'very disappointing'

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 17, 2013 at 13:17

The French firm’s flagship multi-asset fund has lost all the returns it made since the start of the year over the last few weeks.

Walewski reveals Europe's biggest value traps

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 17, 2013 at 10:09

Alken AM founder and renowed European stock picker Nicolas Walewski also reveals why he is still backing peripheral Europe.

Coming up: exclusive interview with Alken's Nicolas Walewski

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 14, 2013 at 13:09

In an upcoming interview with Citywire Global the founder of Alken Asset Management talks about why he likes to back companies that have gone bust and where he is seeing the biggest value traps.

Global equity manager cuts Asia and ups 'controversial' Europe

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 14, 2013 at 12:34

Developed markets are back in favour for Tree Top AM's Peter Robson but he is selling out of the US housing recovery theme.

Generali names new asset management chief after CEO exit

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 12, 2013 at 09:27

The Italian group has unveiled the name of the person taking over from Philippe Setbon after his departure to a rival French group.

Generali Investments AM chief quits to take over French firm

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 11, 2013 at 10:10

Groupama Asset Management's CEO is stepping down as Generali Investments' asset management chief quits to step in and fill the position.

Aviva names manager to take over Brewin's EMD funds

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 10, 2013 at 14:52

After the departure of EMD chief Jerry Brewin, the firm has revealed who is taking over its external EMD capabilities.

The latest manager changes revealed

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 10, 2013 at 14:31

We reveal the latest manager changes to have reached our finely tuned radar

French CCR duo tops amLeague rankings

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 07, 2013 at 14:58

The euro equity pair from French group CCR AM has posted the highest returns out of all the league’s participants.

Carmignac: three lessons Europe needs to learn from Japan

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 06, 2013 at 13:53

Carmignac's Didier Saint-Georges outlines the key steps Europe must take to avoid falling into a Japan-style lost decade.

Bill Gross: QE is starving the financial blood system of oxygen

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 04, 2013 at 13:30

Donning his market stethoscope, PIMCO's bond star says zero-bound interest rates and QE are becoming as much of the problem as the solution and starving investors of oxygen.

Goldman Sachs launches EMD blend fund

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 04, 2013 at 10:53

The US firm has launched an emerging market debt fund which will focus on bonds issued by EM governments and corporates.

French boutique lifts another EDRAM manager

by Atholl Simpson on Jun 03, 2013 at 13:39

The Paris-based firm has hired a third member of EDRAM’s asset allocation team in almost as many months.

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