Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • Investing through a commodity bear market

    Investing through a commodity bear market

    T Rowe Price natural resources manager, Shawn Driscoll looks at the current commodity focus areas in light of the falling oil price

  • FCA to crack market abuse risk by asset managers

    FCA to crack market abuse risk by asset managers

    Fund groups need to work harder to reduce their risk of market abuse, according to the FCA.

  • Hargreaves Lansdown new drawdown fund

    Hargreaves Lansdown new drawdown fund

    Hargreaves Lansdown, the FTSE 100-listed UK investment 'supermarket', has launched a drawdown fund offering no set-up or income withdrawal charges to take advantage of the radical UK pension reforms due to take effect from April 6 this year.

  • Nine targeted absolute return funds to watch

    Nine targeted absolute return funds to watch

    Morningstar co-head of investment consulting and portfolio management Dan Kemp gives his take on funds within the targeted absolute return sector

  • Big investors bullish on European stocks

    Big investors bullish on European stocks

    There has been a massive shift in favour of eurozone equities by institutional investors in February, according to the latest fund manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

  • Brooks Macdonald expands range

    Brooks Macdonald expands range

    Specialist investment manager Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (BMAM) has doubled its range of investment portfolios within its Managed Portfolio Service (MPS).

  • Negative yields central banks and fixed income

    Negative yields central banks and fixed income

    J.P. Morgans global fixed income international CIO Nick Gartside outlines how bond investors should apply lessons learned in the current environment

  • Investec to use Hong Kong Shanghai

    Investec to use Hong Kong Shanghai

    Investec Asset Management has become one of the first companies to utilise the Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect programme within a Luxembourg domiciled UCITS fund range.

  • Worlds financial assets expand in 2014

    Worlds financial assets expand in 2014

    The sharp sell off in emerging markets and oil last year was more than offset by rising stock market values in the developed world and growth in the amount of outstanding public debt, according the latest global market survey published by Deutsche Bank.

  • Optimistic about equity returns Brewin Dolphin

    Optimistic about equity returns Brewin Dolphin

    With an eye on the last third of the year, there is no need to downgrade forecasts, according to Brewin Dolphin's head of research Guy Foster.

  • Sector report- Homes sweet homes

    Sector report- Homes sweet homes

    The UK housebuilding sector has come a long way since the financial crisis and once again represents an interesting prospect.

  • Forthcoming elections bring Brexit

    Forthcoming elections bring Brexit

    With the approaching UK General Election, thoughts turn towards a possible referendum on EU membership, which could come as early as next year.