Gartmore

Royal London UK Mid-Cap Growth trust manager Leigh Himsworth is set to leave the firm in the autumn to join Gartmore.

Equitable Life appoints a new CEO in yet another busy week in financial services

Lloyds is set to choose a buyer for its Insight Investments operations within weeks, having reportedly received five binding offers from firms including Schroders and Gartmore owners Hellman & Friedman.

Following Skandia's u-turn on platform-to-platform re-registration I will forever remember June 2009 as the month in which some real clarity emerged.

Against the backdrop of the credit crunch, absolute return funds have come the fore, but the investment strategies used are not a new phenomenon and have been around for six decades

Gartmore has appointed Nigel Davies as supporting manager and analyst on its offshore AlphaGen EtaCas fund.

Gartmore Investment Management is to offer its funds via cross-border transaction network Calastone.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has completed the merger of its UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) and Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust (GSM), following a near-unanimous vote by shareholders.

The first quarter of 2009 will be the 'most challenging period yet' for European equities, as negative growth and earnings downgrades are expected to be severe, according to the managers of the Gartmore SICAV Continental Europe fund.

Gartmore's fixed income co-head Karl Bergqwist and UK Focus fund co-manager Ashley Willing are likely to leave the firm following discussions with the company this week.