Billions vanish from retirement funds after pension providers shutter April 17, 2024 FSCS was able to pay back about £1.2bn in compensation over the last five years, meaning that investors were left with up to £800m in lost pension funds.
Brooks Macdonald outflows surge to £300m as cost-cutting pays off April 17, 2024 Investors in Brooks Macdonald pulled £300m from the asset manager's funds last quarter, much higher than previous months.
Urban Logistics REIT boosts rental income after failed Abrdn trust bid April 17, 2024 Real estate investment trust Urban Logistics has seen rents jump significantly across its properties, as the warehouse owner recovers from its failed M&A bid earlier this year.
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 [...]
International Paper beats Mondi offer in DS Smith bidding war April 16, 2024 Under the terms of the deal, DS Smith shareholders will receive 0.1285 International Paper shares.
Another recruiter feeling the heat: Robert Walters slashes jobs as fees slump April 16, 2024 The net fee income of Robert Walters dropped 21 per cent in the first quarter of the year, as yet another recruiter has been burned by a slowing job market. The firm revealed today that it had cut its headcount by 13 per cent since last year to 3,812 in a quarterly trading update for [...]
Red flags: Recruiter Hays the latest to sound alarm on 2024 economy April 16, 2024 The economy is in sharp focus after another recruiter flagged significant fee declines - suggesting the jobs market is in ill health
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.
