There are currently very few screaming buys in the market. Years of quantitative easing and a still rickety economic recovery have left most quality assets very fully valued and the rest seeming cheap for a reason.
So-called ‘smart beta’ investment strategies cover a wide range of rules-based, systematic approaches. They can vary from the relatively simple to complex, heavily optimised ‘black box’ style strategies.
With oil trading below $30 a barrel and Chinese growth continuing to slow, it is understandable that investor sentiment toward commodities is close to hitting its all-time lows.
Aviva Investors has promoted Mark Connolly, Dan James and Chris Murphy, following David Lis’ decision to retire.
Julian Chillingworth is to step back from his responsibilities as co-manager of the Rathbone Recovery and Rathbone Blue Chip Income and Growth funds, Rathbone has announced.
The news over the weekend that the sanctions against Iran have been lifted took very few people by surprise, but the confirmation that the country is back among the global oil-producing fold does bode ill for prices.
Membership of the European Union has brought significant benefits to the UK asset management industry, Guy Sears told the Treasury Select Committee on Tuesday.
So-called value investing and growth investing existed long before MSCI’s value and growth indices came into being.
Church House Investment Management has launched a range of six risk-rated managed portfolios.
Six funds jumped from one crown to five in the latest FE Research ratings rebalance, while 13 previously unrated funds jumped straight to the highest possible rating.
The past week has left me a little shaken. And, I would argue, I am not the only one. The bears are in full chorus at the moment and I find myself humming along.
If the first week of January was not for the faint-hearted, the second was, arguably, more depressing.
