Former Investec Asset Management head of UK retail Charlie Wilson has joined Pramerica Investment Management in its London office as the firm looks to expand into the UK. Pramerica, a $947bn (£622bn) investment manager owned by US insurance giant Prudential Financial, is to rebrand its operations outside
Read more →August to October saw another quarter of significant growth with 48,000 activity/ mentions (a 17% increase vs the previous quarter) across the cohort of wealth management Brands included in this research. Wider UK industry activity/mentions grew by 8% for the quarter (off a much larger sample base
Read more →Investec has reported net inflows of £4.9bn for its asset management and wealth and investment business, as part of its yearly results announced today. Profit before tax rose significantly in Investec’s wealth and investment business too, up 30.9 per cent to reach £50.7m from £38.7m the previous
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Read more →UK Retail Investment Industry Social Media Insights Once again the time has come for the production of Fishtank’s latest Quarterly Social Media Intelligence report for the UK Investment Management industry. As we work our way through our detailed ‘Listening’ criteria and review preliminary results, already there is
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Read more →Fergus McCarthy appointed Sales Director for UK strategic partnerships at Investec Asset Management.
Fergus McCarthy has been appointed as sales director for UK strategic partnerships at Investec Asset Management. McCarthy has previously worked for Martin Currie, Jupiter and Axa Investment Managers. David Aird, managing director for UK client group at Investec, says “RDR will bring us many opportunities in the independent and
Read more →L&G Investments is considering risk-rating its multi-manager range, which consists of the £249m Multi-Manager Growth Trust, £231m Multi-Manager Income Trust and £31m Multi-Manager Balanced Trust funds. It is the latest firm to look at risk-profiling its funds. Schroders says it is considering risk-rating some managed funds while
Read more →Interesting article in Wealth Manager today reporting that Standard Life has struck a deal with 12 fund groups (G12) to market them more heavily to advisers. Wealth Manager understands that Standard Life already has the deal in place with the 12 groups, but is set to go
Read more →Investec’s recently announced 75 basis point model falls in line with several other groups which have already declared how they will charge clients post-RDR. BlackRock, Rathbones, Schroders and London-based boutique City Financial are just some of those which have chosen the ‘fully clean’ 75 basis point route,
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