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GAM suspends dealing on Haywood's absolute return bond funds after 'high level' of redemptions

Laura Dew

02 August 2018 • 2 min read

GAM has suspended trading in its unconstrained and absolute return bond funds as a result of the high level of redemption requests following the suspension of manager Tim Haywood earlier this week.

Haywood was suspended by GAM on 31 July following an internal investigation into issues relating to his risk management procedures and record keeping. In a statement, GAM stressed that the investig...

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