Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • inflation will sort winners from losers

    inflation will sort winners from losers

    UK equities have had a tough decade, but with valuations at depressed levels, the likelihood of rising inflation will sort the wheat from the chaff, says BlackRock’s Nick Little.

  • get the hell out the uk and stop

    get the hell out the uk and stop

    Investors need to get away from the index and “get the hell out of the UK” in order to achieve asymmetric returns, according to Alan Burnett, head of UK intermediary business at Martin Currie.

  • absolute return drives hendersons growth

    absolute return drives hendersons growth

    Henderson Group saw AUM jump by £2.7bn and profits up by 58% in the full year to 31 December as its post-Gartmore absolute return offering drew investors in.

  • spdr to launch three new etfs in uk

    spdr to launch three new etfs in uk

    SPDR is to list three new ETFs in the UK tomorrow, two dividend-focused funds and one FTSE All Share fund, each with a TER of 0.30%.

  • fsa gives advisers incentive to let

    fsa gives advisers incentive to let

    Due at the tail end of last year, the FSA finally published its Policy Statement (PS12/3) aimed at clarifying one of the largest unresolved issues surrounding the implementation of RDR legacy and trail commission.

  • newton expands private client team

    newton expands private client team

    Newton has expanded its private client team with the appointment of Clare Huijnen as an investment manager, joining from HSBC Private Bank.

  • gam to acquire arkos capital

    gam to acquire arkos capital

    Fund group GAM has announced plans to purchase Arkos Capital, a Swiss long/short investment firm with CHF664m in assets under management.

  • lipper - fund closures in 2011

    lipper – fund closures in 2011

    Last year saw a contraction in the number of funds for only the second time in the past decade, according to Lipper’s annual European Fund Market Review.

  • fidelity unveils global high yield bond

    fidelity unveils global high yield bond

    Fidelity is to launch a Global High Yield Fund on 19 March which will tap into the growth of high yield issuance in Europe and Asia as well as the more traditional market of the US.

  • focus will soon return to athens husselbee

    focus will soon return to athens husselbee

    John Husselbee describes this as “one of the best early year gains”, for the FTSE All Share at least, though warns that just because a deal over Greece has been done, Athens will return to haunt investors.

  • wealth management firm enters liquidation

    wealth management firm enters liquidation

    Jersey-based wealth management company, Horizon Investments, has gone into liquidation.

  • clinch beefs up invesco perpetuals

    clinch beefs up invesco perpetuals

    Invesco Perpetual has appointed Simon Clinch as US equity fund manager, within its global equity team, reporting directly to Simon Laing head of US equities.