Alter Domus: Cinven buys majority stake in fund administrator March 4, 2024 Permira first took a stake in Alter Domus in 2017, with the firm having seen revenue, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) and employees quintuple in that time.
Spring Budget 2024: Investment trusts push for fee disclosure changes March 4, 2024 The issue of fee disclosure has long been an issue for the sector, with the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) leading the charge against this 'double dipping'.
Investors flee bonds and stocks to cash as interest rates stay high March 4, 2024 UK retail investors are increasing flocking to cash over other investments as interest rates remain at sky-high levels. Interest rates are at their highest level in over 15 years, at 5.25 per cent, leaving many investors to see a guaranteed return on cash as more appealing than stocks or bonds. UK households now hold 31 [...]
Terry Smith in the doghouse over Fundsmith Equity underperformance March 4, 2024 The report from Bestinvest, which identifies the funds in the 'doghouse' due to persistent underperformance, saw the number of poorly performing funds rise sharply.
Barclays and Legal & General under fire for investing billions in arms companies March 4, 2024 Barclays and Legal & General have come under scrutiny for being among the top 10 major European investors in arms companies, both investing billions in the sector every year.
China bounces back in February and dominates best performing funds March 4, 2024 The best performing funds throughout February were dominated by Chinese funds, while property and physical metal funds both lost out as the worst performers. Throughout last month, the best performing fund was Matthews China Small Companies, which returned 14.4 per cent, according to data from FE Fundinfo. Indeed, seven of the top 10 performing funds [...]
H2O Asset Management suffers fresh auditing blow: How did it end up here? March 4, 2024 Beleaguered French investment firm H2O Asset Management has suffered a fresh blow after its auditors warned that the firm’s accounts “do not give a true and fair view” of its current financial position. But how did it end up here? Between 2015 and January 2020, H2O AM invested €2.3bn in illiquid private debt securities linked [...]
St James’s Place faces 15,000 overcharging claims March 3, 2024 St James's Place has come under further pressure after it was revealed that the wealth manager faces more than 15,000 overcharging claims costing as much as £426m.
Why did Bitcoin surpass £50,000 for the first time this week? March 2, 2024 Bitcoin prices hit their highest ever level on Thursday, surpassing £50,000 for the first time. After peaking in 2021 at the $60,000 mark, it then eventually crashed to around $17,000 last year, but has now recovered. Jason Hollands, managing director at Evelyn Partners, said that the recent rally had “almost certainly been powered by its [...]
London climbs to second in Schroders Global Cities index February 29, 2024 London has climbed to second in the Schroders Global Cities index, after falling from the top spot last year. The index, which ranks cities based on economic, environmental, innovation and transportation factors, aims to identify the top cities in the world for business. San Francisco took the number one spot for the second year in [...]
