VAM
VAM launches lower charging clean share class for fund range
Luxembourg-based asset manager VAM Funds has launched a clean share class option for its Ucits fund range.
VAM Funds launches online valuation system for DFM fund range
Luxembourg-based asset manager VAM Funds has launched an online valuation system for IFAs who use the firm’s discretionary fund management services.
PEOPLE MOVES: Aegon, First Names Group, Amundi
The chief executive of Aegon Central & Eastern Europe is to retire in 2017, with the Dutch insurer announcing additional senior leadership changes. First Names Group has a new managing director of its Singapore business, while Amundi has appointed a deputy director to oversee the merger with Pioneer Investments.
Industry duo launch offshore support firm
Former VAM Funds sales director Nigel Watson and Bryan Low, founder of Acuity Consultants, have joined forces to set up a distribution company for international products called Provisca.
The evolving science of portfolio construction
Post the 2008 financial crisis, many investors made the grim discovery that a relatively poor job had been done about the risk management of their portfolios, says Nigel Watson, sales director, VAM Funds.