Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • New Morgan Stanley structured

    New Morgan Stanley structured

    Morgan Stanley has launched a new structured product targeting the 20 largest stocks by market capitalisation in the FTSE 100.

  • BoE lifer Tucker to step down

    BoE lifer Tucker to step down

    Paul Tucker is leaving his role as deputy governor of the Bank of England fuelling speculation that Mark Carney is planning a huge shake-up of personnel once he takes office as governor.

  • its not just about autocalls

    its not just about autocalls

    Ian Lowes, founder of StructuredProductReview.com, surveys the structured product market and urges advisers to look outside the autocall box.

  • Five funds it pays to hold

    Five funds it pays to hold

    Funds from a cross section of sectors have produced consistent top quartile performance over the past five years, with two UK equity funds in the ranks.

  • The Thomas Report – May 2013

    In his latest edition of the Thomas Report, Nigel Thomas discusses how the UK companies he is investing in are benefiting from exposure to fast growing overseas markets, his recent trip to India and the fresh insights this has brought to his stock ideas and the investment opportunities presented by developments in the oil and…

  • Polar Capital AUM swells

    Polar Capital AUM swells

    Polar Capital reported an increase in AUM in the four quarters to end of March 2013, resulting in a 42% increase in total over the 12 month period.

  • UBS launches diversified commodities ETF

    UBS launches diversified commodities ETF

    UBS Global Asset Management has launched a new commodities ETF which tracks the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Total Return Index, a benchmark weighted according to economic and liquidity data and individual commodities’ global consumption patterns.

  • wcam sale saves walker crips

    wcam sale saves walker crips

    Walker Crips Group reported an operating loss of £1m in the year to 31 March, but pre-tax profit for the period was up at £9.1m compared with £0.6m a year earlier thanks chiefly to its disposal of its asset management arm to Liontrust.

  • em heavyweight mobius taken down

    em heavyweight mobius taken down

    Take two monumentally respected fund managers, managing two equity regions equally mistrusted by investors, and get them to fight to the death.

  • BlackRock given go ahead

    BlackRock given go ahead

    BlackRock’s acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF business is due to complete by 1 July after being approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

  • Quilter eyes expansion with two new hires

    Quilter eyes expansion with two new hires

    Quilter has made two new hires to its investment team as part of its on-going expansion post-merger with Cheviot Asset Management.

  • Natural resources steeled for an uptick

    Natural resources steeled for an uptick

    Natural resources are an attractive long term investment proposition while record low valuations of assets make this the ideal time to invest across the asset class according to one fund management team.