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AXA’s Architas launches Asia asset management business

Meanwhile, Architas global head of client group, Nicolas Deschamps, and global chief investment officer, Jaime Arguello, were designated as offshore responsible officers.

River and Mercantile Group set to complete £1.6bn Smurfit Kappa UK Pension Fund Mandate

Smurfit Kappa UK was one of the earliest adopters of Fiduciary management mandate of c.£630m and an LDI allocation of c. £530m, in January.

Trapped UK property fund investors charged £10m a month

At least 10 daily traded funds managing more than £13bn in assets are suspended

Financial advisory firm opens France office

Lack of competition in the expat adviser sector has ‘bred complacency’

High Yield Braces For Fallen Angels - Fidelity White Paper

This has significant implications for a global high yield market already reeling from the abrupt economic downturn.

Investors Exit Aircraft Leasing Funds — WSJ

Two of the five LSE-listed aircraft funds have suspended dividend payments and share prices are down between 42% and 74% since mid-February.

Directors' Duties: Striking Off: Think Carefully, Are You Putting Yourself at Risk?

This is not least because a poor decision can be revisited many years after the date of dissolution or striking off.

Managers reiterate business support in coronavirus period

Companies should maintain an open dialogue, in part to help shareholders and stakeholders support management teams and boards as they focus on the most business-critical issues affecting their long-term sustainable futures.

KBI Energy Solutions Fund wins Best Fund Award

The KBI Energy Solutions Fund has been distributed widely in Taiwan since 2007 and also received this Award in 2016.

Investors continue to flee Premier Miton post merger

The Board remains confident in the future prospects of the Group.

Newcastle adviser to launch DFM business

The first portfolio is designed for investors who want a regular income, and will have an ongoing charge of 0.36 per cent.

MitonOptimal’s Sullivan adds ESG funds to core MPS

MitonOptimal’s James Sullivan has introduced responsibly invested funds to the group’s mainstream multi-asset portfolios

Special Report on The COVID-19 Epidemic Forecasts (Issue 2)

The cumulative number of confirmed cases will exceed 2 million around Apr. 15.

Tavistock furloughs 23% of staff as bosses take pay cut

(Update) Tavistock bosses take a 17% pay cut and 23% of staff are furloughed as adviser and new business revenues take a hit.

Quilter unveils phone-based financial advice service

Firm will have the capacity to help more households across the UK receive the support they need

Hedge fund managers really miss Mayfair: ‘Money is money, but it’s not the same’

Being cooped up at home has an extra sting for the slice of the finance industry that relies heavily on networking

Norway banks on hedge fund tycoon Tangen to lead oil fund

Although AKO Capital’s flagship is the AKO Fund – a hedge fund which avoided last month’s equitiy crash and produced a positive return of 0.2% in the year to 25 March.

Are there any safe havens in this global market crash?

Bonds, gold and cash are the traditional stores of value, but even their performance has been erratic amid Covid-19

Markets are not yet pricing the severity of this crisis correctly - Stephen Jones Kames Capital CIO

The market is still not taking on board the second- and third-order impacts of the last six weeks’ worth of deterioration.

Loan fund Volta Finance cancels dividend as debt downgrades bite

The £114m Guernsey-domiciled debt fund described its move as an ‘appropriate and prudent action’.

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