Michael Konstantinov, Head of BRIC Strategies RCM, presents his thoughts on the long term prospects of investing in India after meeting with 15 domestic companies and a number of fields trip to a variety of Indian business hubs to uncover new investment opportunities
Schroders is launching a European Total Return Fund for new recruit Nicholette MacDonald-Brown aiming to offer investors access to long-term capital growth in the region with lower targeted volatility.
Equity funds saw monthly inflows for the first time since August 2011 in January, but investors are still overwhelmingly showing a preference for bond funds, with the asset class seeing its highest monthly sales since October 2010.
The FSA today aimed to allay confusion surrounding trail and legacy commission post-RDR, but warned it would maintain a close supervisory eye on intermediaries’ behaviour to detect any foul play.
Value seekers and profit takers pulled $6bn out of US Equity Funds last week as they steered money into riskier sectors such as high yield bonds and frontier markets.
Four open-ended funds dominate investors’ focus when considering absolute return investing although Charles Younes names those investment trusts that he argues investors would be far better off turning to.
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership saw funds under management fall in the year to 31 December, despite inflows of from mandates previously managed by Invista Real Estate.
Jupiter Asset Management is to launch an offshore mirror of its high performing Strategic Bond Fund for manager Ariel Bezalel.
As authorities around the world continue to print money, markets continue to push upwards but John Redwood voices his concerns about investors getting too carried away just yet.
Aberdeen has changed the name of its multi-asset and multi-manager arm to Aberdeen Solutions to “better reflect the component strategies” and to appeal to intermediaries’ increased outsourcing of investment decisions.
JM Finn & Co has nabbed four former Brewin Dolphin employees, who will join as senior investment managers and be based in London.
Cofunds has poached Laura Eden formerly interim head of business development at Axa Wealth Elevate to come in as head of strategic partnership management.
