Kames Capital

Aegon-owned investment manager

Kames Capital was a specialist investment management business based in Edinburgh and London, now known as Aegon Asset Management.

Its heritage dates back to 1831, when the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society was founded. 

Property

Update: SJP latest to suspend property funds

Difficult to value assets

clock 17 March 2020 • 11 min read

Industry

The long climb: Asset managers 'have work to do' before fund objectives are useful for investors

Aiming for 'more clarity and consistency'

clock 28 February 2020 • 5 min read

Funds

Spot the Dog: Underperfoming funds cost investors £410m a year in fees

£43.9bn assets under management in 'dog fund'

clock 14 February 2020 • 4 min read

Bonds

Index-linked gilts could fall up to 30% if RPI is scrapped

2020 could be momentous for the UK index linked gilt market – and not in a good way.

clock 07 February 2020 • 2 min read

Business roles

Kames expands UK wholesale distribution team

To cover south east England

clock 29 January 2020 • 1 min read

Markets

The biggest CEO moves of last year

Looking back at the most high-profile transfers

clock 28 January 2020 • 1 min read

Specialist

Stephen Snowden: Starting afresh at Artemis

New year, new start for former Kames Capital manager

clock 17 January 2020 • 5 min read

Industry

Aegon to scrap Kames brand as it creates £303bn global giant

Integrating European and US businesses

clock 04 December 2019 • 2 min read

UK

Managers rotate back to UK domestics ahead of General Election 'clarity'

Driven by hopes of Brexit resolution

clock 21 November 2019 • 6 min read

Investment

Kames cuts fees across bond fund range

'Value for money'

clock 19 November 2019 • 1 min read
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