UBS AM launches onshore fund in China
UBS Asset Management’s Shanghai-based wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) has launched an onshore equity fund for domestic high net worth individuals and institutional investors in China.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Rothschild, Moore Stephens, Fidelity Int’l
A BlackRock alum has joined Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management as global head of business development. Accountancy network Moore Stephens has launched a US tax offering in London and appointed a triple qualified tax specialist to head it up. Fidelity International has lost a 13-year veteran.
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Fidelity’s fulcrum fee – revolutionary or pie in the sky?
Fidelity International’s announcement that it will implement a performance-based fee sparked mixed reactions in the industry, with some calling it “innovative” and others saying it missed the mark.
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Fidelity switches to performance-based fee model
Fidelity International is the first major asset manager to make a switch to a “value for money” charging structure. The asset manager will give money back to clients when its funds underperform.
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Are snap elections a game changer for Japanese equities?
Japanese equity fund managers are backing small and mid cap companies in the tech space as well as ‘online disrupters’ ahead of the snap election to be held in October.
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Hansard and Fidelity unveil retail client risk profiling tool
Isle of Man-based savings provider Hansard International has teamed up with global asset manager Fidelity International to launch a tool to help financial advisers identify the risk profile of retail clients.
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UK retirement income down 46% since the financial crash
People retiring now must cope with pension income that is 46% lower than they could have expected had they retired immediately before the global financial crisis, analysis from Fidelity International has found.
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Inflation-linked bonds attractive despite uncertain outlook
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.
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Big UK insurers not offering financial advice tax break
Millions of pension savers cannot take advantage of a tax break designed to help them pay for financial advice because major providers including Aviva, Aegon, Fidelity, Legal & General, Prudential and Royal London are not offering it to customers, reports the Financial Times.
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Emerging market growth funds make a comeback
Emerging markets are increasingly attractive but selecting the right fund is the key to performance, according to Morningstar.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Fidelity, Jersey Finance, Invesco Perpetual
Fidelity International has poached its new multi-asset co-portfolio manager from Henderson and Jersey Finance has a new business development director for funds. Meanwhile, Neptune’s Douglas Turnbull is set to join Invesco Perpetual.
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Europe’s energy sector too cheap to ignore
The recent oil price retreat is just noise, and large cap energy company valuations are at historical lows, according to Toby Gibb, Fidelity International’s investment director of European equities.