Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • post-rdr investment trusts

    post-rdr investment trusts

    RDR is likely to have only a marginal impact, if any, on the demand for investment trusts among financial advisers, according to more than a third of delegates at a recent conference on the investment vehicles.

  • franklin templeton top fund sales

    franklin templeton top fund sales

    Franklin Templeton saw the greatest mutual fund sales in Europe in 2011, with the success of its bond funds pushing its total to 12.6bn, according to Lipper.

  • Armstrong launches multi-manager

    Armstrong launches multi-manager

    Distinction Asset Management, a partner of Armstrong Investment Managers, has relaunched its Cautious Return fund as a multi-manager fixed income absolute return vehicle.

  • the multi-asset threat

    the multi-asset threat

    With the advent of RDR it is expected IFAs will increasingly outsource investment decisions presenting an opportunity for discretionary fund managers (DFMs) to offer their investment services. But fund houses are also making moves to appeal to outsourcing IFAS, through expanding their multi-asset propositions. Is there room for both or will one party’s success lead…

  • spdr euro high yield

    spdr euro high yield

    State Street Global Advisors-owned SPDR ETFs cross-listed its latest fixed income product on the London Stock Exchange today, the SPDR Barclays Capital Euro High Yield Bond ETF.

  • fidelity taps into multi-asset demand

    fidelity taps into multi-asset demand

    Fidelity is expanding its multi-asset range by renaming and slightly changing the focus of an existing fund, run by Richard Skelt.

  • us economy entering self sustaining expansion Doll

    us economy entering self sustaining expansion Doll

    Despite the negatives that still exist, Bob Doll explains why indicators such as upward revisions in Q4 data and falling unemployment numbers mean the US recovery is sustainable.

  • hargreaves lansdown juggernaut

    hargreaves lansdown juggernaut

    The juggernaut that is Hargreaves Lansdown showed no signs of slowing down today as it reported record revenue and profits for the six months to 31 December.

  • meteor offers potential returns

    meteor offers potential returns

    Meteor Asset Management has launched the 3 Year Defensive Growth Plan, with potential returns of 21% at the end of the term dependent on the performance of the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indices.

  • edmond de rothschild unveils

    edmond de rothschild unveils

    Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has launched a Euro Convictions Fund to represent its top conviction picks in the region.

  • prism expands mm range

    prism expands mm range

    Prism Capital Management has expanded its range of multi-manager funds with the launch of a new income product targeting a yield of 4% to 5% with capital growth at least in line with inflation.

  • final fatca draft revealed at last

    final fatca draft revealed at last

    The US has at last issued its final tranche of proposed regulations for the implementation of FATCA today, more than a month later than expected.