Investment

Best Practice | 17 Jul 18

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.

Fixed Income | 16 Jul 18

Looking to exploit the inefficiencies inherent in credit markets, Royal London Asset Management will launch a monthly income bond fund later this year aimed at advisers and targeting an income of 5%.

Companies | 16 Jul 18

Asset managers Blackrock and Schroders are the rumoured frontrunners to oversee £109bn ($144.3bn, €123.5bn) for Lloyd’s Banking Group (LBG), after its contract with Standard Life Aberdeen was terminated earlier this year.

Investment | 16 Jul 18

Discretionary fund managers say asset classes rather than geographies will be the best source of safety if the US unleashes a full-blown trade war as Bank of England simulations show the geographic scope of rising tariffs.

Industry | 16 Jul 18

Negativity around robo and investment technology a few years ago prompted former hedge fund executives Ian Cadby and Jonathan Wauton to get into the online wealth management space, culminating in the launch of platform Tiller on Monday.