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What our analysis of more than 10,000 manager moves tells us about star exits
In what is likely to be one of the most significant manager moves of the year, Richard Buxton’s exit from Schroders led a string of high profile departures across the City. But what's the secret to success when a star manager departs? We analysed thousands of switches to find out.
Blackrock bolsters real estate offering with acquisition
BlackRock has agreed to acquire MGPA, an independently-managed private equity real estate investment advisory with a foothold in the Asian and European markets.
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.
The Expert View: Dixons, 3i Group, AZ Electronic
A roundup of some of the best analyst commentary on shares, including Afren and Amlin.
Abenomics scores early victory as Japanese growth surges
Abenomics has scored an early victory with resounding first-quarter growth of 3.5%, the highest among the G7 group of developed economies, while Q4 2012 numbers were revised up from zero to 0.3%
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.
First State stems inflows into Asante's €4.9bn GEM Leaders fund
First State to soft close its top performing Global Emerging Markets Leaders fund to new investment.
First State Asia Pacific Leaders
Angus Tulloch, manager of the First State Asia Pacific Leaders fund has warned of the negative impact of sustained rising oil prices on Asian economies.
Angus Tulloch: buying high yield like 'riding a tiger'
The Asia Pacific veteran remains in cautious mode, wary of high yielding companies that can't deliver, and Singapore's overheating property market.
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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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Aberdeen Live supplement: Fundamentals point to ongoing flows and solid returns from EMD
After a record year for inflows and market-leading performance in 2012, emerging market debt has taken a large step towards the mainstream. Our recent debate covers the outlook for the asset class this year and where opportunities can be found.
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Garrett Fish: what would be even better than the iBond
Giving US companies a tax break on repatriated profits would go down even better than Apple's popular iBond, says the manager of JP Morgan American investment trust.
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