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citywire.com | William Robins |John Schaffer |Joseph Eden |Chris Sloley
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2 weeks ago | 
citywire.com | William Robins
Julian Mayo is head of business development at Universal Investment. The 55 year old business has its roots in Germany (now a €4trn market according to the European Central Bank) and provides fund services - such as structure, administration and data management - as well as fund distributions to the DACH institutional market and some wider sales and marketing support as well.
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2 weeks ago | 
citywire.com | William Robins
Universal Investment is a 55 year old business has its roots in Germany (now a €4tn market according to the European Central Bank) and provides fund services - such as structure, administration and data management - to asset managers who want to launch funds in Europe, as well as fund distribution to the DACH institutional market and some wider sales and marketing support as well.
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citywire.com | William Robins
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citywire.com | Victoria Bell |William Robins
Many IFAs won’t have heard of Allfunds. But the European fund platform giant, based in Madrid, is the one of the largest sub-custodian platforms in the UK.
Essentially, it’s a platform for other platforms, where custody is outsourced to a third-party. The business holds all the relationships with the fund managers and settles trades. Its UK clients include True Potential, SEI, Rathbones and Fundment.
But could it move into being an adviser platform itself?
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1 month ago | 
citywire.com | William Robins
A member of the selection team at Swedish giant SEB who also appeared in in Citywire Selector’s 40 Under 40 list has left the firm to take up a new role, Cityewire Selector has learned.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, a fund selector in SEB’s unit which covers €10bn of assets, is moving back to the polish market by joining investment management company VIG /C-Quadrat.
The Warsaw-based business is a joint venture between Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) and C-Quadrat. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
citywire.com | William Robins
The industry is evolving and increasingly sophisticated investors, especially within fixed income, are calling for proof that asset managers can meet the demands of the future and not just rely on what has worked for the past 20 years. That is one of the key takeaways that Fraser Lundie has from his first year as head of global fixed income of Aviva Investors, a post he assumed in May 2024 following a lengthy tenure with Federated Hermes.
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2 months ago | 
citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |William Robins
Mark Benbow, Citywire A-rated high yield portfolio manager at Aegon Asset Management, has backed his sector will fair well in the wake of Trump’s tariffs announcement, which has rocked markets this week.
‘Generically high yield should do well vs equities, income based returns through contracted coupons vs capital based returns,’ Benbow said.
But even within high yield, Benbow is avoiding sectors impacted most by tariffs, such as autos, chemicals and US consumer products.
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2 months ago | 
citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |William Robins |John Schaffer |Joseph Eden
Aberdeen Investments has poached John McCareins, the head of Northern Trust’s international asset management business, to spearhead business development.
He has been named chief client officer for Aberdeen Investments.
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2 months ago | 
citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |William Robins |John Schaffer |Joseph Eden
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