The growth of emerging market corporate bonds will make up for any shortfall in sovereign debt issuance as investor demand for EM fixed income develops, according to Helene Williamson head of EM debt at First State.
The change to Hargreaves Lansdown’s fee structure is a clear example of how costs will go up in the advisory and platform space post-RDR, according to Darius McDermott managing director at Chelsea Financial Services.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has become the latest company to join the Federation of European IFAs as part of its partnership programme.
Yvonne Mhango points out how the transformation of African agriculture will change as dynamically and importantly as Brazil’s just has, and that China’s industries continue to.
Income-hungry investors could do worse than looking to conventional investment companies, as 33% yielded more than the FTSE 100 annual average in the year to 31 October.
The Financial Services Authority has issued a warning against an unauthorised firm believed to be cloning Sarasin & Partners.
UK investors’ preference for physically-backed ETFs has strengthened in the past year, while concern about counterparty risk has grown, according to Morningstar.
Cazenove Capital Management has confirmed it is looking into launching a European equity income and a high yield bond fund for Chris Rice and Peter Harvey respectively.
Vestra Wealth has appointed three further portfolio managers to its Jersey-based team.
The correlation of global markets is probably at its highest level ever, but surely not all economies deserve to be treated with equal disdain. So has Brazil’s recent under-performance presented an opportunity to pile in?
AXA Investment Managers has confirmed it plans to launch a global strategic bond fund for its fixed income manager Nick Hayes in the New Year.
Investec’s asset management division saw net inflows of £2.2bn in the first half to end of September, but total AUM still fell as market and currency volatility took their toll.
