Author: Old Mutual Global Investors

  • Unloved UK shares create great value opportunities

    Unloved UK shares create great value opportunities

    Global and UK investors selling out of UK equities provide scope for future gains, argues Richard Buxton, manager of the Old Mutual UK Alpha Fund. Outflows from UK equity funds have persisted for four years. The Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of global investors shows they have rarely been so underweight in the UK…

  • Should investors favour alternative over conventional strategies?

    Should investors favour alternative over conventional strategies?

    Mark Nash, head of fixed income, Ian Heslop, head of global equities, and Lloyd Harris, manager of the Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund, each explain why fundamental shifts in the global economic backdrop mean that now may be a good time for investors to consider allocating to strategies seeking returns that are uncorrelated with…

  • Why the GDPR affects advisers and their clients – no matter where they are based

    The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest overhaul of European data protection and privacy law for more than 20 years. It came into force on 25 May 2018 and is designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, improve data security and reinforce the obligations of organisations that hold and store data.