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  • 1 month ago | portfolio-adviser.com | Lauren Mason

    Stefanie Drews, president and representative director at Nikko Asset Management, has been appointed with the additional role as CEO of the firm. Meanwhile, Kuniyuki Shudo will join from Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as representative director and executive chair, succeeding current chair Yutaka Nishida. However, Nishida will remain on the firm’s board of directors until June this year.

  • 1 month ago | portfolio-adviser.com | Lauren Mason

    Schroders has appointed Oliver Gregson (pictured) as CEO, Wealth Management, to succeed Mary-Anne Daly as she steps back from full-time responsibilities. Gregson, who has joined the firm from JP Morgan Private Bank, will oversee Cazenove Capital, Schroders Personal Wealth and Benchmark after he assumes the role from June this year. Outside of the UK, he will focus on expanding Schroders’ Wealth arm internationally. Daly will remain as a strategic adviser to Schroders’ Wealth business.

  • 1 month ago | portfolio-adviser.com | Lauren Mason

    Rathbones Group’s pre-tax profit increased by 72.9% to £99.6m throughout 2024, compared to £57.6m by the end of 2023, according to its full-year results published today (26 February 2025). Underlying profit before tax jumped from £127.1m to £227.6m, marking a 79.1% increase. Rathbones said the rise in profits was largely due to the acquisition of Investec Wealth and Investment (IW&I) in September 2023.

  • 1 month ago | portfolio-adviser.com | Lauren Mason

    Brickwood Asset Management, the firm founded by ex-Jupiter trio Kevin Murphy, Ben Whitmore and Claudia Ripley (pictured left-to-right) in January last year, has launched its inaugural fund. The TM Brickwood UK Value OEIC will invest in undervalued opportunities across the UK equity market, with at least 80% of the portfolio held across FTSE 350 constituents.

  • 2 months ago | portfolio-adviser.com | Christian Mayes |Lauren Mason |Hannah Williford

    For Cadira Capital Management CIO Yu Shimizu, running a sustainable impact strategy is personal. “My journey into sustainable investing began in 2012, following the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent nuclear power plant accident. My hometown is in Fukushima, around 50km from the power plant, and I helped my parents evacuate.

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Lauren Hardy (née Mason)
Lauren Hardy (née Mason) @Lauren_C_Hardy
23 Aug 23

Cost disclosure regulation IS having a noticeably negative impact on the investment trust sector - so much so, that many are worried the entire sector could be "killed off". So why is the FCA burying its head in the sand? I did some digging... https://t.co/UAu3mJ5us9

Lauren Hardy (née Mason)
Lauren Hardy (née Mason) @Lauren_C_Hardy
9 Aug 23

I played with some FE Fundinfo data to find the five best-performing funds in the IA UK All Companies sector over the medium and long term, despite the market area facing numerous challenges. https://t.co/FR0vIh9oKH

Lauren Hardy (née Mason)
Lauren Hardy (née Mason) @Lauren_C_Hardy
7 Aug 23

The US Solar Fund is trading at an eye-watering 34.85% discount to NAV, according to The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) data, but the board remains optimistic about the investment trust's future: https://t.co/bqr5ThedSj