UK fund industry inflows fall 75%
Sterling Strategic Bond funds led redemptions in June as the UK funds industry sees net sales fall 75% from the same period last year.
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IA calls out bond market inefficiencies
The Investment Association has called for reform in the bond markets to address certain inefficiencies which are leaving investors ill-equipped to make informed investment decisions and trapped in illiquid positions.
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SJP among firms targeted on diversity
St James’s Place, Provident Financial and several investment trusts are among a raft of FTSE companies the Investment Association has written to demanding an explanation for poor gender balance at executive level or risk a shareholder mutiny.
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Companies increase long-term focus as quarterly reporting falls
The UK’s top companies are reducing the publication of quarterly reports with an increasing number abandoning them altogether, the UK’s Investment Association has found.
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Property back in the black, but have lessons been learnt?
Some 12 months on from the carnage open-ended property funds experienced in the wake of the Brexit vote, investors seem to be returning to the sector once more.
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Best performing sectors for UK funds in 2017
The results are in – here are the 10 strongest-performing sectors on a total return basis according to the UK’s Investment Association and data from FE Analytics.
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IA to consult on hidden charge criticisms
Asset managers have fired a major shot in their battle to win over sceptical politicians, regulators and clients with the launch of a public consultation on a new costs and charges disclosure scheme.
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Diving for pearls: Nine global funds worth considering
With 267 funds, the Investment Association (IA) Global sector is second only in variety to its UK All Companies, which comprises 269 funds. It is one of the oldest and most popular sectors and also very diverse, both in terms of type of offering and also in terms of performance.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Lombard Int’l Assurance, Lombard Odier, IA
Lombard International Assurance has named a new head of distribution, while similarly named but-not-to-be-confused-with Lombard Odier Investment Managers has brought an entire investment team on board. The Investment Association is on the recruitment hunt for a new chair.
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UK fund trade body working to improve fee disclosure rules
The UK’s Investment Association (IA) has assembled an independent advisory board of established industry figures to create a standardised disclosure framework for investment costs.
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IA launches volatility managed sector to deal with outcome funds
The UK’s Investment Association has unveiled a new volatility-managed sector, to deal with the swelling ranks of unclassified funds.
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EU looks to improve access of cross-border Ucits and AIFs
The EU has launched an investigation into the barriers blocking the distribution of Ucits and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in a bid to increase the take up of the products across its 28 member states.