• July 3 2025
  Gilts

  BlackRock and Schroders bought gilts during market slump

  Asset managers added to holdings in bet that sell-off sparked by doubts over Rachel Reeves’ future would be shortlived

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• July 3 2025
  TCI Fund Management

  Chris Hohn’s hedge fund TCI beats stock markets with 21% gain

  Bets on GE Aerospace, Microsoft and Visa help activist fund to first-half profits

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• July 2 2025
  Wealth management

  Savers should be able to tap private assets through Isas, says IA chief

  Putting semi-liquid funds into tax-free wrappers could have ‘profound’ effect on retirement incomes

  
• July 2 2025
  Wealth management

  IHT changes create ‘serious challenges’ for thousands of retirement savers

  Labour’s decision to bring pensions into scope of inheritance tax creates issues for Sipps holding commercial property

  
• July 1 2025
  Hedge funds

  Citadel and Millennium outshone by smaller hedge fund rivals after trade war turmoil

  Ken Griffin’s flagship fund was up 2.5% in first half of 2025, while Izzy Englander’s firm gained 2.2%

  
• July 1 2025
  LexEnvironment

  Peat bogs and oyster farms vie for a spot in your pension fund Premium content

  Generating returns from ‘nature positive’ finance sounds good but fuzzy definitions might put off investors

  
• July 1 2025
  Sustainable capitalism

  Aberdeen chair says ‘save the world’ claim by asset managers was a ‘mistake’

  Douglas Flint criticises ‘ridiculously extravagant claims’

  
• June 30 2025
  FT Asset Management

  Hedge funds lured by private credit boom

  Plus, UK wealth managers eye private markets, investors flee long-term bonds, and Kiefer/Van Gogh at the Royal Academy

  
• June 30 2025
  Pensions industry

  Pension pots of savers at risk from new UK rule, industry experts warn

  Forcing defined contribution schemes to invest a minimum amount in private assets could ‘lead to poorer returns’

  
• June 30 2025
  Hedge funds

  Hedge funds seek to expand into private credit

  Millennium, Point72 and Third Point among those seeking to push into popular asset class

  
• June 29 2025
  UK financial regulation

  UK launches biggest financial advice shake-up in more than a decade

  Regulator unveils plans for ‘targeted support’ to help individuals get better returns

  
• June 28 2025
  Steve Andrews

  Set out your investment goals before choosing an online platform

  Alongside rapid growth in the market, risks have emerged as some platforms will collapse

  
• June 27 2025
  Investment trusts

  Number of investment trusts falls by a fifth

  Investment vehicles under pressure from cheap index-tracking funds, higher interest rates and takeovers

  
• June 26 2025
  Fears over US debt load and inflation ignite exodus from long-term bonds

  Investors have exited funds at fastest rate since 2020 at height of Covid pandemic

  
• June 25 2025
  Exchange traded funds

  First ETF tracking ‘autocallable’ structured products launched in US

  New fund underlines push to package up complex financial instruments in vehicles available to retail investors

  
• June 25 2025
  Financial services

  Wealth managers gear up to put UK savings into private assets

  Talks with private capital firms have focused on operational hurdles for retail customers

  
• June 23 2025
  Moral Money

  ‘ESD’: an investor framework for an era of upheaval  Premium content

  Investors must pay more attention to ‘emerging, strategic and disruptive’ factors, new paper argues

  
• June 23 2025
  Vanguard Group Inc

  Vanguard cuts fund fees as competition in Europe heats up

  World’s second-largest asset manager estimates reduction will save investors $3.5mn a year

  
• June 23 2025
  FT Asset Management

  Industry bids ‘good riddance’ to SEC rules

  Plus, Scottish Widows cuts UK exposure, emerging markets outperform, and Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery

  
• June 23 2025
  Lloyds Banking Group

  Lloyds moves £6bn pension fund in house

  New provider Scottish Widows is overhauling its offering

  
• June 21 2025
  Bitcoin

  Have cryptocurrencies arrived as an asset class? It’s complicated

  Digital currencies are becoming embedded in financial markets — but for some investors they still have something to prove

  
• June 21 2025
  On Wall StreetSarah Wilson

  Assault on proxy advisers is an attack on the rights of asset owners

  Pressure seeks to censor independent analysis and neuter shareholder oversight

  
• June 20 2025
  US financial regulation

  Republican plan to scrap US audit watchdog ruled in violation of Senate rules

  Decision protects funding for some government agencies and is blow to Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda

  
• June 20 2025
  The Long ViewKatie Martin

  Any tidal shift of investors away from the US will take time

  Despite a stock rally, it is still unwise to assume the view of investors of America is not changing

  
• June 20 2025
  LexHedge funds

  Hedge funds cast an envious eye at their highly valued buyout brethren Premium content

  Millennium Management is gunning for a ‘top of the heap’ private equity valuation

  

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