a weak euro encouraging on a number of levels
Bill Dinning explains why he doubts there will be any widescale structural reform to the eurozone though we are in for a long, drawn-out unravelling of the debt structure we currently have.
Author: Portfolio Adviser
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Standard Life expands myfolio range
Standard Life has expanded its MyFolio range with the launch of two new fund suites – Multi-Manager Income and Managed Income.
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threadneedle launches european absolute return
Threadneedle Investments has launched a European absolute return strategy for manager Paul Doyle.
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ossiam and ftse group join forces
Natixis-owned Ossiam announced today it has teamed with FTSE Group to launch a minimum variance-based ETF using a specially designed index.
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legacy commission – blazing a trail
The FSA is now closed… to responses on its consultation paper dealing with legacy assets and their treatment after the RDR rules come into effect. But we have not heard the end of it, not by a long shot.
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IMA calls for clearer guidelines
The IMA has called the FSA’s guidelines on legacy commission post-RDR “unclear and incomplete” and warned they could result in increased costs for investors.
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etps trump mutual funds
The global ETP industry captured $142bn in net new assets in the year to November, while mutual funds suffered $29bn in redemptions over the same timeframe, according to BlackRock’s year-end ETP Landscape Report.
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newtons munroe takes global equities
Jeff Munroe will step down as CIO of Newton in a bid to turn around the performance of key funds in the global equities arena.
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pictet expands small-cap team
Pictet Asset Management has appointed Allain Caffort as a senior investment manager in the small cap equity team.
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meteor focuses on income
Meteor Asset Management has announced the release of its latest tranche of FTSE-based structured products, with a bias towards income for yield hungry investors.
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std life cte bonds real estate selective equities
Andrew Milligan sees the risks of 2012 being similar to those of the previous 12 months although risk assets themselves are priced cheaply.
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yield hunger takes over
Investors piled into fixed income funds in the first week of January as a hunger for yield and improved US data shaped flows, according to EPFR Global.