Five charts that explain the case for emerging markets October 8, 2018 | City Talk Investors generally understand the importance of emerging markets in terms of their economic impact but, perhaps due to lack of knowledge, often struggle to know how best to reflect this in their portfolios. Those investors have ignored what are some of the world's best-performing financial markets since the turn of the millennium. What is more, [...]
Lloyds to put £13bn wealth unit into joint venture with Schroders October 7, 2018 Lloyds, Britain’s biggest high street lender, plans to merge its £13bn wealth-management wing into a a new joint venture with investment giant Schroders, according to a report. Details of the arrangement – which would transform the UK’s wealth-management sector by bringing Schroders’ services closer to a more wider group than its current, affluent cliente – [...]
Another top Unilever shareholder says it will vote against Dutch move October 1, 2018 Another top shareholder of consumer giant Unilever has said it will vote down the company's plans to relocate its headquarters to the Netherlands. Asset management firm Schroders joined a growing list of investors who have vowed to reject Unilever's plan. In September, Aviva said the same thing, while top 10 shareholder Legal & General Investment [...]
Global league table of ‘caring’ investors: Americans more focused on sustainability than Europeans September 20, 2018 | City Talk The US is the only developed country to make the top 10 of a sustainable investment league table that gauges consumer habits and investing actions. Countries in the developing world dominated the top ten while European countries occupied the middle and lower half of the league table. The results of the Schroders Global Investor Study [...]
10 years on from Lehman’s collapse: seven charts to consider September 14, 2018 | City Talk Ten years ago, US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, marking the most symbolic moment of the global financial crisis. It remains the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. The demise of Lehman on 15 September 2008 was just the tip of the iceberg. Little did we know but at the time the whole [...]
The University of Law campus in Bloomsbury sold to Schroders funds in £68m deal December 18, 2014 Funds group Schroders has snapped up The University of Law campus in London’s Bloomsbury via two of its property funds for £68m. Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust said yesterday it has bought a 50 per cent stake in the West End site alongside Schroder UK Property Fund, also managed by Schroder Real Estate Investment Management. [...]
Bolt out of blue for Schroders as fund star quits September 8, 2014 Funds group Schroders yesterday lost one of its top performing fund managers after she unexpectedly resigned from the group. The FTSE 100 fund giant, the UK’s second-biggest independent manager, said Julie Dean will step down from the group and hand over the reins of her £2.2bn UK fund immediately. Schroders unveiled fund manager Matt Hudson [...]
Baring reshuffles the pack with new Schroders investment chief August 13, 2014 BARING Asset Management, the last remaining remnant of historic City firm Barings, yesterday appointed a new chief investment officer from blue-blooded rival Schroders, in the wake of a high level exec reshuffle. Ken Lambden, global head of equities at Schroders, will join the group on 16 September. He was previously chief executive of Schroders in [...]
Schroders fails to please investors despite selling £5bn more funds July 31, 2014 Blue-blooded fund manager Schroders yesterday reported record half-year profits but saw shares dip after falling short of analysts’ profit expectations. The FTSE 100 group, led by the former boss of Morgan Grenfell Michael Dobson, said pre-tax profits excluding exceptionals for the six months ending June rose to £261.5m – 15 per cent higher than last [...]
Schroders stays on top despite stronger pound May 1, 2014 CITY fund manager Schroders yesterday became the latest FTSE 100 giant to be hit by the surging value of the pound, after the currency wiped about £15m off stronger first quarter profits. The business, which makes almost 60 per cent of its revenue from overseas, said sterling’s strength against the Australian dollar, the Japanese yen [...]