Kristen joined Last Word Media and the world of financial journalism in April 2016, leaving behind a career in a legal publishing firm as a senior researcher turned assistant editor. This native Angelino initially moved to the UK in 2008 to complete her undergraduate studies at the University of Nottingham. She subsequently obtained a Masters degree in Philosophy with Literature from the University of Warwick.

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’

Companies | 18 Jul 18

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.

Model portfolio risk labels ‘dangerously naive’

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.

Equities | 10 Jul 18

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.