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Peter Smith

Former asset management editor and FTfm editor

Peter Smith wrote about the global asset management industry for the FT and its weekly FTfm publication.

During his more than two decade FT career he wrote about business, finance and politics from New York, Sydney, Edinburgh and London. Prior to joining the FT, he worked at Investors Chronicle, LBC Radio and The Australian newspaper.

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Kuwait wealth fund’s diplomatic immunity challenged in UK tribunal

    KIO claims documents being sought in employment case are part of ‘protective archive’

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Investors in stricken Woodford fund to share £183m capital return

    Total repaid reaches £2.45bn but there is still no timescale to sell remaining £290m of assets

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    California Public Employees' Retirement System
    Calpers investment chief resigns after 18 months at $400bn fund

    Ben Meng departs US’s top public pension fund after allegations of incomplete public disclosures

    Ben Meng was appointed to the role in January 2019 and pushed to increase the fund’s borrowing to meet ambitious performance targets
  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Kuwait Investment Office hit by stay order in case against ex-employees

    London High Court rules two fired staff at sovereign wealth fund can first go to employment tribunal

  • Sunday, 26 July, 2020
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Kuwait sovereign wealth fund fights court battle with fired executives

    London arm of KIA alleges top managers conspired to award unlawful pay rises

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Fund management
    SLA chief Keith Skeoch to be replaced by Citi executive

    Departure signals fresh start for asset manager three years after Standard Life-Aberdeen merger

    Keith Skeoch initially served as co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen and assumed sole leadership of the company last year
  • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
    California Public Employees' Retirement System
    Calpers board member objects to $80bn leverage gamble

    US public pension scheme’s push into private equity and private debt is ‘too risky’, according to Margaret Brown

    Calpers logo outside its offices in Sacramento, California
  • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
    California Public Employees' Retirement System
    Top US pension fund aims to juice returns via $80bn leverage plan

    Calpers hopes bold move will boost efforts to achieve its 7% return target

    Calpers building
  • Friday, 5 June, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Woodford fund sells biotech portfolio for up to £224m

    A Wall Street-listed patents specialist agrees to buy healthcare assets once owned by former star fund manager

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    Fund management
    Investors pull record €250bn from European funds

    Pimco battered in March as bond funds suffer wave of redemptions

  • Monday, 20 April, 2020
    Share rights issues
    Retail shareholders overlooked in fundraisings, UK investment chiefs warn

    Heads of Fidelity, Hargreaves and AJ Bell among those calling for more involvement of small investors

    Anne Richards, chief executive of Fidelity International
  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    JPMorgan Asset Management
    JPMorgan pays $1bn to take full control of China fund venture 

    Purchase of remaining 49% stake in CIFM follows removal of foreign ownership cap on April 1

    Beijing is moving fast to allow greater foreign participation in its financial sector
  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    InterviewFTfm
    Top tips from investment chiefs on navigating the coronavirus crash

    JPMorgan, Amundi, HSBC, LGIM and Invesco on the outlook for equities, bonds and alts

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Michael Dobson
    Dobson stepping down as Schroders chairman

    End of an era as City grandee exits FTSE 100 investment group after two-decade reign

  • Sunday, 15 March, 2020
    Fund management
    World’s three biggest fund houses shed $2.8tn of assets

    Global sell-off signals end of boom years for asset managers

    Pedestrians pass in front of BlackRock Inc. headquarters in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. BlackRock Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on January 16. Photographer: Gabriella Angotti-Jones/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    Investec PLC
    Investec pushes on with Ninety One IPO despite market jitters

    Asset management group’s CEO could have stake worth £40m after float

    Mimi Alemayehou, chair of Blackstone Africa Infrastructure and managing director at Black Rhino Group, left, moderates a panel discussion entitled "Africa's Emerging Outlook" with Hendrik du Toit, chief executive officer of Investec Asset Management Ltd., right, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. The chamber and Investec Asset Management (IAM) are releasing a joint report today on the ways U.S.-Africa engagement can deepen and improve. Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Fund groups suffer heavy outflows as coronavirus spreads

    Asset managers face share price falls and operational challenges to client-facing services

  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
    News in-depthPassive Investing
    US’s passive investing juggernauts break new ground in Britain

    Approach pioneered by BlackRock and peers threatens UK’s personality-led investment culture

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Michael Spencer
    Entrepreneur Michael Spencer taken to the cleaners by Laundrapp demise

    ICAP founder among investors hit as ‘Uber of dry-cleaning’ collapses into administration

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock rebukes Siemens on its environmental record

    Fund manager makes first big intervention since issuing new policy on sustainability

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Brexit
    City fears paying price for Boris Johnson’s trade stance

    EU desire for access to UK fishing waters may be played off against financial services

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    Impact investing
    Church of England joins passive push with climate index

    Pension board will invest £600m in project it has developed with FTSE Russell

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is photographed at his office in west London on September 5, 2018.
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Neil Woodford’s investors face fresh blow as winding-up costs rise

    Equity Income fund administrators will also have to meet pledges made by fund manager

    Screengrab taken from a YouTube video issued by Woodford Investment Management of Neil Woodford, who has apologised and sought to reassure investors blocked from withdrawing from his multi-billion pound Woodford Equity Income Fund. Shares in Mr Woodford's listed investment trust plunged on Tuesday after it emerged the flagship portfolio had been frozen. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday June 5, 2019. See PA story CITY Woodford. Photo credit should read: Woodford Investment Management/PA Wire
									
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    InterviewFTfm
    Calpers investment chief talks about private equity and yoga

    Ben Meng on managing the retirement savings of nearly 2m Californians

    Ben Meng
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    Woodford Investment Management
    Woodford fund investors predicted to lose at least £1bn

    Analysis by PJT estimates scale of losses from Equity Income vehicle’s liquidation

    FILE PHOTO: British fund manager Neil Woodford is seen in this undated handout image released July 18, 2019. Jonathan Atkins/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
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