Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • european fund range squeezed since start of year

    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.

  • tikehau im launches dated bond fund

    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.

  • ima - wave of legislation damaging to eu economy

    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.

  • uk investors sanguine compared to europeans

    uk investors sanguine compared to europeans

    British investors are relatively relaxed when it comes to checking their investment performance, with a recent survey from Schroders ranking them sixth of 10 European nationalities for stock watching.

  • yousefian em conviction highest ever

    yousefian em conviction highest ever

    Emerging markets have not lost any of their long-term attraction despite their recent sell off, according to Tony Yousefian chief investment officer at OPM Fund Management, whose Worldwide Opportunities Fund has its highest ever exposure to the sector.

  • emu bonds head for poorest performance since 99

    emu bonds head for poorest performance since 99

    Eurozone bonds are on course for their worst performance since 1999, according to Simon Ward Chief Economist at Henderson Global Investors, and have taken much more of the strain than the single currency during this most recent crisis.

  • China bull vs bear is an outdated debate

    China bull vs bear is an outdated debate

    Henry Zhang argues that investors need to broaden their scope when considering China as an investment opportunity, and avoid pulling their money every time it is risk off in markets.

  • what do investors and managers have in common

    what do investors and managers have in common

    The ultimate aim of making money may be common to investors and asset managers, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that their interests are aligned.

  • pictet launches asia ex-japan equity fund

    pictet launches asia ex-japan equity fund

    Pictet Asset Management has registered its Luxembourg-domiciled Asia ex-Japan long/short equity fund for sale in the UK and will launch a sterling share class once the first UK investor subscribes.

  • newton drops us portfolio as laing leaves

    newton drops us portfolio as laing leaves

    Simon Laing is to depart Newton Investment Management to join Invesco Perpetual as head of US equity fund management.

  • ths partners and gam mull global equity fund

    ths partners and gam mull global equity fund

    THS Partners has confirmed it is in the early stages of partnering with GAM to launch a global equity income fund.

  • hermes chief rupert clarke steps down

    hermes chief rupert clarke steps down

    Hermes Fund Managers’ chief executive Rupert Clarke has stepped down from the company after four years.