Chris Sloley

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Editor at Citywire España

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Star managers? Passé: Process now beats personality for UBP’s Chan-Voc-Chun

1 week ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Pietro Cecere |Chris Sloley |Joseph Eden

The age of the star manager has been eclipsed by collaboration and technical analysis in fund management, according to UBP’s Didier Chan-Voc-Chun. ‘Having worked in this field for two decades, I’ve witnessed a shift away from “star managers”. The new generation of managers tends to rely more on analytical tools and collaborative decision-making, mitigating the impact of any single departure,’ he said.
European selectors feel America’s debt is too big for bond vigilantes

1 week ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Pietro Cecere |Chris Sloley |Joseph Eden

From soaring US debt to the future path of central banks, we put some of the market’s biggest questions to more than 100 European fund selectors at recent Citywire events in Lisbon, Madrid, Bellagio and Dublin. Through three infographics, we reveal what they had to say about: Note: All responses were gathered before the ‘Liberation Day’ market correction. Already have an account? Do you personally advise on or manage investments for clients?
Matthews Asia CEO exits firm just shy of three years in role

1 week ago | citywire.com | Joseph Eden |Olivia Bybel |Tania Mitra |Chris Sloley

Matthews Asia is once again facing personnel changes, this time at the top. The company’s CEO, Cooper Abbott, left the firm on April 7. He has been replaced by Mark Headley, Matthews’ co-founder and ex-CEO. Headley assumed all CEO responsibilities on April 8 and will serve as interim CEO. He has also been named executive chairman of the company. Abbott became CEO in 2022, joining from Carillon Tower Advisors, where he worked as president and chairman.
Liontrust loses €1.5bn more in first quarter

1 week ago | citywire.com | Chris Sloley |Dylan Lobo |Joseph Eden |Selin Bucak

Liontrust remains under the cosh with another £1.3bn (€1.5bn) leaving its funds business in the first quarter. This follows a net outflow of £1.6bn in the final quarter of 2024 and a €1.4bn outflow in the corresponding period last year. Assets under management and advice fell by 8.1% over this year’s first quarter to stand at £22.6bn at 31 March. Already have an account? Do you personally advise on or manage investments for clients?
Exclusive: Franklin Templeton launches two new ESG-tilted core ETFs

1 week ago | citywire.com | Ian Heath |Chris Sloley |Joseph Eden |Selin Bucak

Franklin Templeton has launched two new Ucits ETFs designed to offer European investors core equity exposures with an ESG tilt. The Franklin S&P 500 Screened Ucits ETF and the Franklin S&P World Screened Ucits ETF aim will track the S&P 500 Guarded index and the S&P Guarded World index, respectively. These indices are designed to mirror their traditional counterparts (the S&P 500 and S&P World) as closely as possible, while integrating ESG considerations. Already have an account?
Retiring French industry veteran looks to help women break ‘glass ceiling’

1 week ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Simon Evan-Cook |Chris Sloley |Joseph Eden

Pascale Auclair, a key figure in the La Française group for the past 20 years, has announced her retirement in a LinkedIn post. The current corporate secretary – in charge of risk, compliance, legal and corporate social responsibility, and board member of La Française – announced on 12 April her decision to enter what she describes as a ‘new phase of semi-active retirement’.
UK hedge fund boutique puts Ucits at heart of long-term growth push

1 week ago | citywire.com | Chris Sloley

Lansdowne Partners views its burgeoning Ucits business as a way in which the UK boutique can ‘evolve’ to a new stage of growth, but chief executive officer Brian Heyworth is under no illusions of the challenges that will pose. Speaking to Citywire Selector via video call, Heyworth said: ‘We’re getting into some really interesting conversations developing from different client sectors now that we have a Ucits proposition.
Cathie Wood: Trump's tariffs are 'shock therapy' for the economy

1 week ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Simon Evan-Cook |Chris Sloley |Joseph Eden

Cathie Wood, CEO and CIO at ARK Invest, has spoken out in support of Trump’s tariff policy calling it ‘the opposite’ of regressive. According to Wood, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s newfound leadership take over of trade negotiations in the wake of the US President’s announcement will ‘lead to lower tariffs and non-tariff barriers’. Wood went as far as to call Trump’s tariffs a ‘shock therapy’ that would lead to serious negotiations between the US and its trade partners.
What’s at the top of Michael Krautzberger’s new to-do list?

1 week ago | citywire.com | Chris Sloley

Michael Krautzberger started his career in computer science, and it was while doing an internship at Deutsche Bank that he realised there might be more excitement to be had on the trading side instead. ‘I was on the trading floor at that time and I would hear the traders discussing something different every single day – crisis in Russia, trades, politics – and I thought, “Oh I want a job that is different every day. A lot of excitement, with no dull moments”.
Global Fixed Income CIO von AllianzGI zu Zöllen: „Das ist heftig“

1 week ago | citywire.com | Chris Sloley

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