Some formerly tolerated business practices in the Middle East’s financial services sector are now subject to clearly set out restrictions, says William Wells, director of Middle East sales at Schroders.
Carbon prices will have to increase exponentially over the coming decades if we are to meet the Paris climate goals, says Schroders. This will result in a dramatic drop in many companies’ profits.
Schroders has set up a new company as part of its wealth management division called Schroder Wealth US that will sit alongside its existing UK subsidiary, Cazenove Capital.
Old Mutual Wealth has partnered with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) to launch an Investment Academy, designed to help advisers meet new CII criteria.
Asset management giant Schroders has launched the Schroder ISF Global Gold Fund, its first gold equities offering.
Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) and State Street Global Advisors have been fined by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for two separate regulatory breaches.
Some of Schroders best known fund managers have picked out what they see as the biggest concerns for investors in the near term.
Schroders has acquired a team of securitised investment specialists from Brookfield Investment Management with $4bn (£2.8bn, €3.5bn) in assets under management.
Schroders International Selection Fund (ISF) has launched its Euro Credit Absolute Return UCITs fund, which aims to provide a positive annual return throughout the market cycle.
Property valuations are close to if not at peaks in the view of Schroders head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes.
Guenter Tschiderer, head of private wealth distribution North Asia for BNP Paribas Investment Partners (IP), is relocating from Hong Kong to Singapore to assume the newly-created role of head of private wealth distribution Southeast Asia.
Schroders has weathered market volatility, seeing assets under management rise to £294.8bn at the end of September, compared to £276.2bn a year ago.
