Asset management
Former Invesco sustainability head launches emerging markets business
Hamid Asseffar, who worked at Invesco for more than six years, has unveiled London-headquartered T50 Capital Management
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ESG hiring slowdown set to reverse in 2026
Recruiters say firms are gearing up for growth, having spent the past four years contending with regulatory and political uncertainty
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Why JPMorgan Asset Management dropped proxy advisers in 2025
This year’s AGM voting season was the first time the US asset manager did not receive any voting recommendations from proxy advisers
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Fidelity International names Santander funds chief as Emea head
Samantha Ricciardi will join the asset manager in March
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DWS whistleblower Desiree Fixler to leave FCA’s ESG committee
Fixler, who has served three years on the UK regulator’s ESG advisory committee, will not serve another term
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Fundsmith’s annus horribilis
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Fundsmith heads towards record year of outflows as investors pull more than £5bn
Investors have already pulled more money this year from the investment boutique than for the whole of 2024
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Inside Vanguard’s crypto ETFs and mutual funds push
The company is providing access to funds by other companies that track digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, but not meme coins
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Hargreaves Lansdown taps Vanguard’s Doug Abbott for chief product officer role
Abbott, who joined Vanguard in June 2024 after 15 years with Schroders, will take on the newly created position at the UK investment platform next year
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Former Newton IM chief Euan Munro joins Brooks Macdonald board
The non-executive board role at the UK wealth group is the latest for Munro since leaving BNY-owned Newton Investment Management last year
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Consultant relations head becomes latest senior exit from Newton
Ross Byron-Scott departs after more than 30-years with the London-based asset manager
Goldman Sachs acquires US ETF business in $2bn deal
More than 60 employees from Innovator Capital Management will join the US bank’s asset management division following the acquisition
Former AssetCo chief Campbell Fleming to chair Keyridge Asset Management
Fleming joins board of recently created £135bn fund group
Schroders taps JPMorgan exec to spearhead ETF push
Tom Stephens will join the FTSE 100 asset manager in January
Private markets pay tops £500k, nearly double public-focused jobs
The pay frenzy across private markets has started to calm, but packages for senior professionals command a lead over public markets
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Do LTAFs have what it takes to win over wealth clients? Carne Group’s CEO thinks so
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Wealth investors will fuel private markets growth, says Carne Group CEO
LTAFs are predicted to experience the same growth as hedge funds after they were adopted by wealth management clients
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Schroders CEO: ‘Public markets are definitely not dead’
Richard Oldfield said asset managers’ investment in listed companies ensures ‘there is oil in the system to grease the way the whole economy works’
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Franklin Templeton plans tokenisation push to tap digital wallet investors
The US asset manager wants to bolster the blockchain products it offers to capture a share of the trillion-dollar digital wallet market
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