Mike Foster
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Chenavari dresses for distress
Loïc Fery's $5.3 billion alternatives investor has made several hires and is planning more in anticipation of distressed debt opportunities → Read More
FX data referee sets up its own pitch for big players
New Change facility will let institutional investors trade with each other in 65 currency pairs → Read More
UK think tank presses for savings lottery
Old Mutual Wealth among asset management backers of savers lottery proposal from UK think tank, the Centre for Social Justice → Read More
Fund managers look to go 'smart neutral'
The next iteration of smart beta strategies takes a leaf out of the hedge funds' book – but charges far less → Read More
The best-performing fund manager you've never heard of
'We haven't been so good at marketing,' says Austrian investor who is enjoying a period of stellar performance → Read More
Argentina bond is biggest test yet for emerging market comeback
Investors express positive sentiment ahead of expected $12.5 billion bond issue → Read More
Stock-picker Norris to fly solo with Argonaut
Equity manager Barry Norris to take full ownership of the £1.4bn investment boutique he set up in 2005, as Standard Life Investments sells out → Read More
Emerging markets come in from the cold at BlackRock, GSAM and Pictet
Veteran Pictet strategist Percival Stanion is investing in Asia, while GSAM believes the worst is over for emerging market underperformance → Read More
Companies with big family stake outstrip market
Performance is double that of other listed firms over 10 years, index shows → Read More
Russell cuts confirm buyside focus on staff numbers
Russell Investments is the latest asset manager to trim its workforce amid outflows in the industry → Read More
McLintock suffers M&G pay cut
Outgoing chief executive takes home £5.4 million in his swansong year at the fixed-income specialist → Read More
European passive funds get a lift
Regulation and the row over 'closet indexers' mean investors are still moving away from active managers → Read More
Buyside headwinds are blowing harder
Regulatory costs are set to move centre stage for asset managers, warn Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman → Read More
Schroders solves one governance problem – but another remains
Comment: News that Peter Harrison, CEO-elect of Schroders, is stepping back from his chairmanship of RWC Partners goes some way to regularising the relationship between the two firms → Read More
Cardano gears up for expansion
UK arm of the Dutch consultancy wants to treble its fiduciary business – but its CEO Kerrin Rosenberg pledges not to neglect its advisory clients → Read More
IPO better than trade sale for Old Mutual Wealth, bankers say
A public listing for the UK wealth arm is seen as a good strategy by investment bankers, market conditions permitting → Read More
Nutmeg searching for new CEO
The online wealth manager in which Schroders owns a stake is looking for a successor to Nick Hungerford → Read More
Alain Dubois exits MSCI
Former Lyxor Asset Management chairman calls it a day three years after joining the US index giant with a smart beta brief → Read More
It’s Fergie time at Schroders as Dobson moves upstairs
Comment: Michael Dobson's departure as CEO inevitably raises questions about whether his replacement can match (or better) the golden years that unfolded on his watch → Read More
IoD raps Schroders over Dobson chairman switch
Fund manager's plans draw governance criticism as Institute of Directors says 'desire for continuity cannot come at expense of board independence' → Read More