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Best Practice | news 31 Jan 18
Sipps among most upheld complaints, reveals Ombudsman
More than half of the complaints around self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) passed to a financial ombudsman were upheld during the three months to 31 December 2017, making it one of most upheld areas of complaint.
Value Partners launches onshore China fund
Hong Kong-based Value Partners has joined Fidelity, UBS Asset Management and Man Group with the launch of an onshore China fund, as momentum for foreign-managed products targeting China’s professional investors continues.
Amazon moves into healthcare with Buffett and JP Morgan
Amazon has announced plans to partner with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan to launch an independent company that will offer low-cost healthcare to the employees of all three companies, a move that has halted the January healthcare bull run on Wall Street.
Copia Capital Management adds factor-enhanced portfolios
Copia Capital Management has launched its Select Plus range of managed portfolios, which are constructed using a blend of ETFs and factor-based funds from US-based investment firm Dimensional Fund Advisors.
Craving for ETFs boosts European appetite for equity funds
European investors increased their risk appetite in 2017, recording high inflows into pure equity funds compared to outflows in the previous year, helped by a big rush into passive equity funds, according to a Thompson Reuters Lipper report.