Eve Maddock-Jones

2 days ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Eve Maddock-Jones

The asset management space is under pressure to compete for clients as the rise of passives' popularity has pushed firms to narrow in on their product offerings and become increasingly specialised in a bid to capture assets under management. This had led to a surge of fund managers going it alone and launching their own firms and funds to capitalise on the loyal investor base they have amassed at their large-scale firms in their own way with their own rules.

3 days ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Eve Maddock-Jones

Responding to questions from the leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey yesterday (4 June), Starmer said "we have a deal, and we are implementing it within a very short time. I am very confident we will get those tariffs down in accordance with the deal". FIF25: House of Lords member calls for greater international economic cooperation Starmer said he would come back and update the house in due course, adding he expected the "House would be very pleased with the outcome of that".

3 days ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Eve Maddock-Jones

Initially reported in the FT, Stride, who was appointed work and pensions secretary under Truss, will say in a speech today (5 June) that the Budget "put at risk the very stability which Conservatives had always said must be carefully protected". FIF25: House of Lords member calls for greater international economic cooperation Truss' maiden economic plan plunged the UK markets into some of the deepest bouts of volatility in years and sunk sterling to record lows versus the US dollar in 2022.

3 days ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Eve Maddock-Jones

During his testimony to the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Tuesday (3 June), Atkins said that there would be "targeted, common-sense reorganisations" at the SEC, which included shuttering this department. He reasoned that innovation "should be ingrained into the culture SEC-wide and not limited to a relatively small office".

3 days ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Eve Maddock-Jones

According to the fund's May update, Blue Whale felt that Uber had "solidified its position as the global leader in both the rideshare and food delivery industries" and made itself the "dominant platform in both categories". Blue Whale exits longstanding Nintendo holding in anticipation of 'mini-US recession' squeezing consumers It added that Uber was now "benefiting from scale, pricing discipline, and powerful network effects that create a near-impenetrable moat".