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Investment
AJ Bell’s Hughes: Why money will keep flowing into fixed income funds
The managing director says outflows from money market funds will ramp up as we head towards the new year
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News
‘Inflationary’ and ‘volatile’ or ‘good for growth’?: Trump declares victory in 2024 US election
Trump wins US election, paving the way for high tariffs and tax cuts that could prove volatile
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News
ISS MI: Multi-asset fund sales rise 25%
Fund-of-funds recorded the highest increase in sales, according to ISS Market Intelligence data
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News
Carne: 82% of UK asset managers considering LTAF launch
Less than a quarter of wealth managers currently use an LTAF or ELTIF
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News
FCA proposes extending investment research rules to pooled funds
Regulator wants to widen scope of recent research rule overhaul to UCITS and alternative investment funds
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News
Square Mile removes Jupiter Global Value rating on Whitmore exit
While three strategies entered the Square Mile Academy of Funds in October
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Opinion
Track to the Future – with William Blair’s Tom Ross
How fund group distribution bosses are thinking about asset classes, strategies and working with clients over the next 12 months
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News
Schroders’ AUM reaches new high but net outflows fall by £2.3bn
Group warned of Q4 £8bn outflow from legacy Scottish Widows mandate
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Investment
Weiss Korea Opportunity to undergo strategic review
Investment manager says the trust’s opportunity set is ‘less attractive’ than it has been in the past
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News
Calastone: Equity funds suffer worst outflows on record
Bonds balloon by £631m while money markets increase £402m
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News
EFG Asset Management launches global impact credit fund
In partnership with Schroders affiliate BlueOrchard
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AJ Bell’s Hughes: Why money will keep flowing into fixed income funds
The managing director says outflows from money market funds will ramp up as we head towards the new year
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Partner Content by Fidelity International
It’s time to lock in these yields… while you still can
With interest rates falling, and there are almost certainly more to go, we think the time is right to be leaning long in interest rate risk
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What does the gilt yield spike mean for UK bond prospects?
Commentators believe ‘systemic risks to the market are low’
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Partner Content by Fidelity International
From cash to corporate bonds
Investors have piled into cash and money market funds following the meteoric rise in rates from 2022
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Partner Content by Fidelity International
Labour’s first budget – Potential Truss 2.0 or benign for markets?
With the new Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first post-election budget fast approaching, there has been some speculation that recent increases in Gilt yields over the past month could be indicative of investors anticipating a ‘Truss 2.0’ budget fiasco
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Fidelity Sterling Corporate Bond Fund
In this Fund in Five, Ian Fishwick, lead manager of the Fidelity Sterling Corporate Bond Fund, discusses why falling interest rates, and an attractive starting level of yield, are increasing the investment case for the asset class
Analysis
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Investment
Are platforms hampering the investment trust cost disclosure victory?
The likes of Hargreaves Lansdown are continuing to require the Mifid template from investment companies
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PA Analysis
Women could add $3.22trn to markets in ‘wealth boom’ – if the industry wasn’t complacent
Female investors could up financial service revenues by $700bn, but wealth managers are overlooking this untapped demographic
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PA Analysis
Is the ECB ‘behind the curve’ with ‘hesitant’ interest rate cut?
Investors will likely ‘remain in the dark before each upcoming meeting’ until the end of the year, according to experts
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PA Analysis
Are fixed income funds the panacea, or are they too expensive?
Concerns have begun to emerge on valuation grounds, write Cherry Reynard
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PA Analysis
As Australia phases out AT1s, what does the future hold for the wider market?
Despite Australia’s decision to abolish AT1s and the fallout of the Credit Suisse wipeout, the asset class has performed well this year
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PA Analysis
CCLA’s Dame Sara Thornton: Forced labour is ‘a feature of the system’ in the UK
Weak legislation has turned the UK into ‘a dumping ground’ for slavery-linked goods and services
Investments
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Investment
AJ Bell’s Hughes: Why money will keep flowing into fixed income funds
The managing director says outflows from money market funds will ramp up as we head towards the new year
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Investment
Hidden gems: Five below-radar funds in the global EM sector
Spotlight on the small funds that are flying above market returns but below investors’ radars
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Investment
Beneath the bonnet: The case for Yihai International, Jollyes and EM healthcare
Three fund managers on stocks that are whetting their appetite
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Investment
Three ways asset allocators are buying bond funds
Spokespeople from IBOSS, Square Mile and One Four Nine give their thoughts on fixed income
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Investment
Kernow’s Alyx Wood: ‘The UK equity winter has ended’
Wood talks UK equities, the Autumn budget, and Kernow’s five-year anniversary
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Investment
Macro matters: The Mexican wave
Mexico is now the US’s largest trading partner, and even in the case of increased tariffs on the back of a Trump election victory, the country could stand to benefit
Funds
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Funds
RSMR awards three new ratings to Royal London, Dodge & Cox and L&G funds
The three fixed income funds are first-time entrants
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Investment
Are the negative flows from UK equity funds justified?
Outflows of £666m were seen from UK equity funds during the month of September alone, according to Calastone data
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Funds
Bestinvest: Liontrust, M&G and BlackRock mandates join Best Funds list for first time
JPM UK Equity Core, Alliance Trust, SPDR MSCI ACWI ETF and Xtrackers S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF also made the grade since March 2024
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PA Analysis
The 15% of US funds that beat the S&P 500 over the past decade
How did these 20 active funds succeed where so many others failed?
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Funds
Ninety One Diversified Income promoted to Hargreaves Wealth List
The £845m fund is a good option for ‘cautious investors looking for an alternative to cash as rates fall’
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Funds
Peter Rutter’s new firm loses key mandate
Ironbark withdrew two fund mandates that Rutter took with him from RLAM
PA Plus
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Active in Five: Vanguard
In this Active in Five, Andrew Surrey, active distribution lead at Vanguard, looks at the guiding principles of the active team when partnering with these firms.
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PA Plus
CCLA: Looking beyond the metrics
For sustainable funds to make a genuine difference, CCLA’s James Corah argues they need to look beyond relying on certain metrics.
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PA Plus
Baker Steel: Gold rally shows no signs of slowing
Gold prices continue to go from strength to strength, yet investors looking for the greatest returns should look to the miners themselves, says Baker Steel’s Cosmo Sturge.
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PA Plus
Fund in Five: Royal London Global Sustainable Equity Fund
In this fund in five, George Crowdy, co-manager of the Royal London Sustainable Equity fund, discusses the wider investment universe the portfolio can invest in.
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PA Plus
Maintaining a strategic allocation to real assets
Watch Michelle Butler of Cohen & Steers discuss the firm’s global macroeconomic outlook and opportunities in real assets.
Events
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13 March 2025Radisson Blu Waterfront, Jersey -
PA Nordics
13 March 2025The Thief, Oslo
Magazines
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October 2024
With less than a month before the 5 November polling date, a question mark hangs over the continued dominance of US equities
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September 2024
Are bumper fees and regulatory hurdles deterring retail investors from taking the leap into private markets?
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June 2024
Amid the tough operating environment for smaller asset managers, a swathe of new firms are coming to market.
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May 2024
Crash test: Industry calls for FCA consultation amid trust test-taking debate
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April 2024
(Another) new dawn in Japan? Why asset managers, fund selectors and CIOs believe it really is different this time
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March 2024
On the month of International Women’s Day, how can we keep the momentum going towards gender parity?
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February 2024
This month marks the start of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, which traditionally symbolises strength, vitality and energy. This seems at odds with the behaviour of the Chinese stockmarket over recent years, with the MSCI China index having fallen by more than 50 percentage points since the beginning of 2020, and by 30.9% over…
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January 2024
For the past few years, UK equities have remained in the doldrums, with the MSCI United Kingdom index achieving just over half of the total return of its All-Country World counterpart during the past five years, according to data from FE Fundinfo. The problem intensifies further down the cap spectrum, with the MSCI United Kingdom…
