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Mary Chris Gay ends 25-year Legg Mason career
The manager of the firm's $2.3bn Value fund is leaving after 25 years with the Baltimore-based group.
Ex-Barclays Wealth man to run six fund of funds for Fidelity
Nick Peters has been appointed lead manager of six multi-manager Sicavs as Rita Grewal and Richard Skelt take up new posts with Fidelity.
The dealmaker: is funds world set for rampant consolidation?
Despite the emergence of behemoth firms like BlackRock in the asset management space, the concentration of assets is limited and more merger and acquisition activity could be on the cards.
Alliance Trust to close US and European equity funds
Alliance Trust Investments will close the £77 million Alliance Trust North American Equity fund and the £59 million Alliance Trust European Equity funds at the end of June as part of its strategic review.
How market timing has been an Achilles' heel for discretionaries
Our data shows wealth managers have missed out on a number of opportunities over the last few months by failing to time markets.
Vestra Wealth to tackle Fatca with launch of US division
Vestra Wealth has launched as US wealth division to address the complex regulatory and tax issues of investors with a transatlantic footprint.
Why investors shouldn't lose faith in US equities
Investor's shouldn't use US pessimism as an excuse to abandon faith in American equities argue's Citywire's Charlie Parker.
Why this might not be the year to sell in May
Since 2010, there has been an annual sell-off at around the end of the first quarter – sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later, but it’s always occurred.
Ignis' Ormiston: how high can equity markets go?
Ignis' European small & medium cap manager Ian Ormiston asks if equity markets can continue to deliver and if the fall in gold is precipitating a similar collapse in equities.
Why's Buffett so scared? Five charts highlighting the QE danger
Legendary investor Warren Buffett raised concerns about QE after US equities smashed records - we take a look at how reliant US markets have been on easing.
Backlash over $6tn carbon loss begins as investors call for action
A US energy firm is among the first to face a shareholder backlash over unburnable carbon.
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.
Axa Framlington's Harlow: Apple is undervalued
Axa Framlington American Growth manager Dan Harlow is still backing Apple as the largest single holding in his fund
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