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Rathbones replaces Close on multi-million pound Scottish Life mandate
Rathbones has replaced Close as the manager of a multi-million pound global equity mandate, run on behalf of Scottish Life.
Rathbones cuts Strategic Growth fund target on 'financial repression'
Rathbones is planning to lower the benchmark on David Coombs's Strategic Growth portfolio to keep the fund within its risk budget against a challenging macro backdrop.
Tim Bond: the financial shock that will hurt China
Speaking at the Private Client Manager Retreat in Hampshire, Odey's macro expert Tim Bond warned on the Tiger's increasing number of special purpose vehicles that 'aren't working'.
The Expert View: BT, Spirent and Greggs
A roundup of some of the best analyst commentary on shares, also including HSBC and Jelf.
Hargreaves Lansdown's Gardhouse nets £1 million from share sale
Hargreaves Lansdown's Lee Gardhouse has landed just shy of £1 million after selling 100,000 shares in the firm.
Ruffer: gold is uncomfortable yet necessary bedfellow
The team at Ruffer Investment Company struggle to make sense of the recent sell off in gold but has no intention of selling its exposure to the precious metal.
Japan soars, FTSE hits new high, as G4S tumbles
Japan's Nikkei 225 jumps 3.6% and the FTSE 100 nears its all-time high as investors celebrate last week's US jobs figures.
How Woodford's property pick is bucking the China slowdown
Fears about growth in China have resurfaced after figures for the first quarter disappointed investors, making the once thriving tiger look more like a pussycat. But nearby Macau is bucking this trend thanks to its thriving gaming industry.
Paul Causer: the best value and biggest risks in fixed income
The focus may be on unsustainably low sovereign debt yields, but Invesco Perpetual’s co-head of fixed interest Paul Causer has warned that high yield is overvalued and investors in ‘cocos’ are at significant risk of losing capital.
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Interview with Scott Wolle
Citywire talk to Invesco's CIO of global asset allocation Scott Wolle about how the firm keeps risk under control.
Risk management: debating a new approach
At the roundtable, we asked whether the past three years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers have fundamentally changed the nature of portfolio risk, or whether old principles hold true and we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bath water by changing our approach.
