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Morgan Stanley warns over Keydata sell-off plans

Story by: Nick Rice, Investment Adviser

One of Keydata Investment Services' major clients has threatened to switch to another structured product administrator unless the insolvent firm is sold to a larger, more financially stable company.

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 29.06.2009
• Published in: Investments

Bridport launches fund range

Jersey-based Bridport has launched a range of six funds that will aim to give investors a stable, positive return in any market cycle.

• Date published: 03.07.2009

Fund managers at odds over future of emerging markets

Differing opinions over the future investment opportunities for emerging markets are beginning to surface, as fund managers debate where the next areas for growth will be found.

• Date published: 03.07.2009

F&C demerger gets go-ahead

The demerger of F&C Asset Management from Friends Provident has been given the go-ahead after courts approved the plans yesterday (2 July).

• Date published: 03.07.2009

Investment view: Advisers clash over multi-asset due diligence

Advisers have clashed over the level of due diligence they need to perform on a multi-manager or multi-asset portfolio following a massive discrepancy in returns last year.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Ignis considers further asset classes for Maia portfolios

Ignis Asset Management will look at new products and more active asset allocation for the Maia range to differentiate it in a "crowded marketplace", according to its sales and marketing director.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Martin Currie promotes Porter to co-manage Global Equities funds

Martin Currie Investment Management has made changes to its Global Equities funds, making Alan Porter co-manager on its £35m Global and £23m Global Alpha retail funds.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Providers under pressure to slash passive fund fees

Vanguard's entry into the retail investment market continues to reverberate, as the debate over passive fund fees rages on and providers come under increasing pressure to slash fees.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

RLAM rebrands UK Strategic Growth trust

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has rebranded its UK Strategic Growth trust to UK Mid-Cap Growth to reflect its concentration on the FTSE Mid 250 (ex-IT) index.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Candover no longer looking for buyers

Private equity investment trust Candover said it was no longer looking for buyers after taking several measures to shore up its finances.

• Date published: 01.07.2009

Investment view: Pay packets a catalyst for Maia

Pay packets proved a key catalyst in the dissolution of Maia Capital Partners, one of its remaining managers has said, after shareholder Ignis Asset Management retained him to run the funds for it in-house.

• Date published: 01.07.2009