Liontrust continues to struggle with investor outflows despite positive fund returns April 17, 2024 Investors continued to pull money from Liontrust’s funds in the first quarter of 2024. In a trading update issued this morning, the asset manager said it had recorded £1.2bn in outflows during the first quarter of 2024. Despite the massive withdrawals, the company’s assets under management stayed flat during the quarter at £27.8bn. A total [...]
The cheapest stocks in the cheapest market: UK small caps set to shine with earnings growth April 16, 2024 The smaller companies in the UK have had a rough time of it recently, with the FTSE Smallcap index down 8.4 per cent over the last two years, compared to a rise of around four per cent for the FTSE 100.
Tatton AM: Meet the one asset manager actually doing well right now April 16, 2024 Customers actually putting money into asset managers, rather than withdrawing billions, may seem like an unbelievable situation nowadays, but Tatton Asset Management is the rare exception. The AIM-listed company’s assets under management jumped by a whopping 27 per cent in the last year, after investors poured billions into their funds. Tatton AM now manages £17.6bn [...]
City minister dismisses calls to axe the share tax after top fintechs push for action April 16, 2024 The City minister doubled down on the Treasury’s contentious tax on share trading yesterday after a group of the UK’s top fintech firms called for the charge to be dropped.
UK markets are ‘generationally mispriced,’ says youngest investment trust manager April 15, 2024 Laurence Hulse, manager of the Onward Opportunities trust, led the first float of an investment trust since 2021 last year.
Next REIT to go? Balanced Commercial Property joins long list mulling sale April 15, 2024 In a stock exchange announcement today, Balanced Commercial Property's board said it would be kicking off a strategic review to consider the future of the trust.
Former Manchester United star files £750k claim against St. James’s Place representative April 15, 2024 Earlier this year, his legal team at Thomas Mansfield Solicitors filed a claim to the Financial List of the High Court against London-based Klipp Wealth Management (KWM Wealth).
Ashmore: Billions more pulled from asset manager as emerging markets’ demand sags April 15, 2024 Emerging markets asset manager Ashmore Group reported that customers pulled billions more from their funds at the start of 2024.
FTSE 100 firms braced for battle on executive pay as proxy advisers push back April 15, 2024 FTSE 100 firms are braced for a bruising few weeks as the battle with proxy advisors over executive pay in the City continues, with both LSEG and Smith & Nephew facing possible shareholder rebellions over pay.
Revolut and Monzo say scrap stamp duty as top fintechs launch bid to boost stock market April 15, 2024 Revolut and Monzo are among a group of top fintech firms to urge the government to ditch its contentious tax on share trading today as part of a sweeping call for reform to revive London's stock market and boost its appeal to technology firms.