Smith And Williamson
Accounting and investment management
Smith & Williamson is a UK financial and professional services firm, combining an accountancy practice, an investment management arm and a private bank. It provides services to individuals, corporates, professional practices and non-profit organisations.
It is the country's eighth largest accountancy firm, and part of Nexia International, a global network of accounting, audit and consulting firms. The company was founded more than 100 years ago and has 11 UK offices in the UK and Ireland, with its headquarters in London.
Industry
Smith & Williamson posted record profits for the six months to 31 October last year, helped by the performance of its investment management division.
13 February 2015
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Bonds
Smith & Williamson's John Anderson has been snapping up Tesco bonds as they offer "the most outstanding value he has seen for some time".
15 January 2015
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Equities
Giles Worthington has joined Smith & Williamson to run its European Growth trust, following the departure of Mark Pignatelli at the end of last year.
18 November 2014
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Investment
Ratings agency FundCalibre has added six funds to its Elite Rating list after its inaugural investment committee meeting earlier this month.
10 November 2014
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3 min read
Investment
Markets may have been volatile as autumn approached, but the Smith & Williamson Enterprise fund has returned more than 3% over the three months to 3 November 2014, and beaten peers in the Targeted Absolute Return sector.
07 November 2014
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2 min read
Wealth managers
The Investment Management Association (IMA) is struggling to find a "perfect" solution to calculating fund performance following the shift to clean pricing, and may have to devise a completely new approach.
11 June 2014
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Bonds
With developed world inflation hovering around the 1%-2% mark, Smith & Williamson's Chris Lynas explores the potential impact on bond markets.
02 June 2014
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UK
Eden Asset Management founder and former M&G equities head Ed Rosengarten has joined Smith & Williamson as head of its funds business.
13 May 2014
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Investment
Wealth management firms are making final preparations for the introduction of US tax regime FATCA as the 5 May registration deadline approaches.
29 April 2014
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3 min read
