Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • 2012 - the year of ETF exodus

    2012 – the year of ETF exodus

    The ETF market in Europe is due to become more concentrated and consolidated, with smaller players exiting the field altogether, according to industry consensus.

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  • bond funds suffer worst redemptions since 2008

    bond funds suffer worst redemptions since 2008

    European and Global Bond Funds had their worst week in over three years at the end of November, according to the latest stats from EPFR Global.

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  • hargreaves lansdown moves to pacify tracker fans

    hargreaves lansdown moves to pacify tracker fans

    Hargreaves Lansdown aimed to pacify pro-tracker investors today with the launch of an exclusive SWIP fund and the addition of 12 further Vanguard products to its Vantage platform.

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  • Aberdeens aum fall amid higher profits

    Aberdeens aum fall amid higher profits

    Aberdeen Asset Management saw pre-tax profit jump 44% in the year to 30 September, despite a £8.8bn fall in AUM over the same period it said today.

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  • Polin ploughs cash into Ashcourt Rowan

    Polin ploughs cash into Ashcourt Rowan

    Jonathan Polin has put his money where his mouth is and piled £200,000 into Ashcourt Rowan, which he joined as CEO at the start of September.

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  • investing in brazil is a good way to play china

    investing in brazil is a good way to play china

    Ray Prasad looks at the trading relationship between Brazil and China and suggests investing in the former also opens up positive exposure to GDP growth of the latter.

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    3 minutes
  • shillito lambasts fsa over death bonds stance

    shillito lambasts fsa over death bonds stance

    Neil Shillito takes the FSA to task about its description of life settlement plans at ‘toxic’.

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  • Stock-picking managers should be reassessed

    Stock-picking managers should be reassessed

    Fund managers who have traditionally relied upon value stocks to outperform will find it harder in current market conditions and beyond, according to a special report from Fitch Ratings.

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  • investors must avoid short termism

    investors must avoid short termism

    Investors need to block out short term volatility and depend upon old fashioned growth of dividend streams over time to get through what many are predicting will be a “lost decade” in developed economies.

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  • axa wealth teams up with whitechurch

    axa wealth teams up with whitechurch

    Axa Wealth has expanded its platform service, teaming up with Whitechurch Securities to offer its first risk-rated investment portfolios.

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  • edinburgh worldwide investment trust down ytd

    edinburgh worldwide investment trust down ytd

    Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, managed by Mark Urquhart for Baillie Gifford saw its NAV fall by 2.5% in the year to 31 October as continued market turbulence took its toll.

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  • keep calm and carry on investing in commodities

    keep calm and carry on investing in commodities

    Despite the recent market volatility and jump in commodity prices, Lee Robertson still sees them as a good medium to long-tertm investment.

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