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Standard Life Investments is preparing to roll-out a number of regional variants of its £18bn Global Absolute Return Strategies fund, as well as a simplified version of the vehicle, IFAonline's sister title Investment Week can reveal.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) is reviewing its remuneration policy after Euan Munro became the latest star name to announce his departure from the firm last week.

Asset managers are entering an era of fund rationalisation as cost pressures mark the beginning of the end for oversized product ranges, according to Threadneedle's Nick Ring.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has appointed Guy Stern to its board as head of multi-asset & macro investing.

Advisers "substantially underestimate" the threat from direct to consumer (D2C) businesses and are "overoptimistic" about future revenues post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to a wide ranging study by Cass Business School and BNY Mellon....

Anthony Wolfe has joined David Jane's multi-asset boutique Darwin Investment Managers to drive asset growth.

Brewin Dolphin is rolling out a review of its clients with portfolios valued at under £50,000.

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