Author: Cherry Reynard

  • Rowan Dartington calls for cash overweight

    Rowan Dartington calls for cash overweight

    To protect against volatile markets and political uncertainty, Rowan Dartington is giving higher weighting to cash and building wealth portfolios that offer clients a truly global perspective.

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    4 minutes
  • Excess liquidity ‘likely to constrain growth’ for years

    Excess liquidity ‘likely to constrain growth’ for years

    Tilney Bestinvest’s Gareth Lewis advocates a cautious approach in the wake of Brexit and the continuing low interest rates and quantitative easing climate, with investment in gold proving a successful option.

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    1 minute
  • Challenges mount for multi-asset managers

    Challenges mount for multi-asset managers

    The BNP Paribas multi-asset team tactic, in the current febrile environment, is to tread carefully in its search for alpha and let the fallout from Brexit, modest global growth and doubts over monetary policy play out.

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    3 minutes
  • Resources may hold back wider dividend growth, says Lofthouse

    Resources may hold back wider dividend growth, says Lofthouse

    Ben Lofthouse, fund manager of Henderson International Income Trust, said aggregate dividend growth may be constrained by the weakness of the resources sector in 2016, but he is still optimistic elsewhere.

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  • Defensive assets continue to find favour

    Defensive assets continue to find favour

    Defensive assets continued to lead in October, according to the latest data from FundsNetwork

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    1 minute
  • Autumn statement: perks of the wealthy under fire

    Autumn statement: perks of the wealthy under fire

    Chancellor George Osborne showed a steely determination to tackle some of the cosier aspects of the lives of the wealthy in this year’s Autumn statement. Tax evasion, capital gains tax and second homes came under scrutiny in an otherwise relatively benign budget.

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  • December rate rise a racing certainty after stronger data

    December rate rise a racing certainty after stronger data

    The upward revision to US GDP data may not suggest real strength in the US economy, but it cements the case for a December rate rise, argue fund managers.

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  • Vanguard finds advisers split on robo-advice

    Vanguard finds advisers split on robo-advice

    Two-fifths of UK wealth managers believe robo-advice offers the potential for greater efficiency and to attract new clients in the next five years, according to a survey from Vanguard.

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    2 minutes
  • PA ANALYSIS: Argentina's new dawn?

    PA ANALYSIS: Argentina’s new dawn?

    It has taken some time, but it appears that the Argentine electorate may finally be tiring of socialism.

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    2 minutes
  • UK fund market weakest in Europe

    UK fund market weakest in Europe

    The UK market saw net outflows of €1.7bn in October, according to the latest European fund flow trends data from Lipper, the highest of any single European fund market.

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    1 minute
  • Source launches ETF platform with LGIM

    Source launches ETF platform with LGIM

    ETF provider Source has appointed Legal & General Investment Management as manager for a new physical fund platform, Source Markets II Plc.

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  • JPMAM to liquidate Fusion range

    JPMAM to liquidate Fusion range

    JP Morgan Asset Management is to liquidate its Fusion Funds multi-manager range, after it failed to raise sufficient assets.

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