Investment | 24 Jul 18
Transact funds hit £32bn as outflows pick up
Total funds at newly-listed platform Transact hit £32bn over its third quarter reporting period despite seeing higher outflows.
Standard Life Investments’ mega fund hits back at ‘sniping’
Standard Life Investment’s Global Absolute Return Strategy (Gars) has admitted prepping too early for the end of the cycle and vented about the level of media attention on its multi-billion pound outflows.
Best Practice | 17 Jul 18
Model portfolio risk labels ‘dangerously naive’
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has taken aim at risk-targeted model portfolios in its platforms study, which has sparked calls for platform providers to re-evaluate “subjective” branding and the amount of information they disclose.
Jupiter Merlin brings ‘punchy’ fund to UK investors
Jupiter Merlin is launching a version of its Real Return portfolio for UK investors, which has been called “quite punchy” for its hefty equity fund weighting despite having an absolute return bias.
Best Practice | 2 Jul 18
Pensions industry shuns cash-poor millennials
Millennials have largely been left in the lurch by pension providers who assume they are too cash poor or disinterested to engage with investing for their future.