Barings

Baring Asset Management is expanding its presence in Korea with the acquisition of one of the largest asset managers in the region, SEI Asset Korea.

J.P. Morgan's Nick Gartside and Barings' Alan Wilde have warned the UK's AAA-status is at risk of downgrade following the shock contraction in the second quarter's GDP.

Trade body's recommendations to explain charges more fully are unlikely to be adopted across the board.

SPECIAL REPORT: GERMANY

Ian Furtado, the former head of sales at emerging markets boutique Occam, has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as a business development manager.

Baring Asset Management will this week launch a new product for its head of Asian multi-asset, Khiem Do.

ON BONDS

As political tension in Greece intensifies, managers discuss what would happen if the country were to leave the monetary union

Leading asset managers are calling for drastic changes to the way the IMA operates, with some arguing the trade body should no longer be responsible for sector names or definitions.

ASIA