Time for investors to break habits
A ream of recent data shows big funds and fund houses still gain the bulk of investor and adviser support. Is this deserved or not, and should 2012 be the year for change?
Author: Portfolio Adviser
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ishares targets em dividends
iShares has launched a Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend ETF, which targets both dividend income and capital growth.
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ecb must grab the mantle
The idea of German bunds yielding more than UK gilts is not something we are familiar with. But if something doesn’t give, it could be the norm rather than the exception, according to Chris Iggo.
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schroders to launch us alpha plus fund
Schroders is to add to its onshore Alpha Plus range with a US fund, as it names the region “relatively attractive” in the current “miserable to diabolical” economic environment.
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small funds punch above their weight
Outperformance is more likely by small funds than by their larger counterparts, according to new research from Thames River Multi-Capital.
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former close md joins aberdeen multi-asset team
Mark Parry, former managing director at Close Asset Management, has been appointed senior investment manager on Aberdeen’s multi-asset team.
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fsa targets death bonds
The FSA has set its sights on banning the sale of traded life policy investments (TLPIs) to UK retail investors, calling them ‘high risk and toxic’ products.
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axa uk reviews bluefin advisory services
AXA UK has appointed Fenchurch Advisory Partners to advise on future “strategic options” for Bluefin Advisory Services (BAS), its IFA and specialist insurance arm.
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lets party like its 1993
Deutsche Bank’s strategists look at the prospects for US growth given where we are now and how things might develop next year – all on a framework of where the US was in 1993.
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european fund range squeezed since start of year
The mutual funds universe in Europe has shrunk by 390 funds since the start of the year, mainly due to a significant increase in the number of merged funds, according to a Lipper Research Report.
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tikehau im launches dated bond fund
Paris-based fixed income specialist Tikehau IM has launched a dated bond fund, TK Rendement 2016 with a target annual return of 7% to maturity.
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ima – wave of legislation damaging to eu economy
Policymakers’ less than perfect understanding of the markets has led to a wave of European legislation post-2008, some of it ill-judged, according to Richard Saunders chief executive of the IMA.