Cambridgeshire drops UBS and Schroders
UK - Cambridgeshire County Council has placed £700m (€942m) of equity portfolios out to tender after reporting dissatisfaction with its previous asset managers UBS and Schroders.
The portfolios comprise £350m of global and £150m UK equities formerly managed by UBS and £200m of European equities, half of which was managed by Schroders. John Hopwood, chief loans and investments...
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