gkam taps into Nordic safe haven appeal
Specialist fixed income boutique Glendevon King Asset Management has launched a Norwegian krone class in its new Global Bond Fund II, offering investors access to the safe haven growth story of the currency.
Author: Portfolio Adviser
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syz launches high yield bond fund
Swiss banking group Syz & Co has expanded its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav range with the launch of the Oyster Global High Yield Fixed Income Fund.
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morningstar rdr-readies its ratings
Morningstar has revised the methodology for its closed-end fund ratings in the UK, in a bid to enable easier comparison with Oeics ahead of RDR.
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rathbone looks into further launch for coombs
Rathbone Unit Trust Management is considering launching another multi-asset portfolio for David Coombs, head of multi-manager investments at the boutique fund manager.
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glg launches strategic bond fund
GLG Partners has launched a Strategic Bond Fund for Cristophe Akel, with the unrestricted ability to invest across the credit and duration spectrums.
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brutal markets hurt boltons nav
Anthony Bolton called markets over the past few months the most “brutal” he could remember, as he sought to justify a 29% fall in the NAV of his investment trust in the first half of the year.
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uk qe at best it wont work
Neil Williams questions the Bank of England’s attitude towards quantitative easing, arguing it may be keeping yields down but will do nothing to promote economic growth.
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aberdeen considers global small cap fund
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking into launching a Global Small Cap Fund, which would be run by its global equities team and headed up by Stephen Docherty.
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markets will triumph over political parade
The Greek Prime Minister Papandreou has fallen, Berlusconi is on his way out and Nicolas Sarkozy has only just survived the severe palpitations he experienced when France’s prized AAA credit rating was “accidently” cut by S&P.
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uhnwis control 25trn wealthx study
A pool of almost 186,000 ultra-high net worth individuals account for assets of more than $25trn, according to Wealth-X, a Singapore-based research provider to global institutions.
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long term investors should have 20 percent in asia
Investors should hold up to 20% of their portfolio in Asia over the long term, even though short-term volatility is set to continue, according to Fidelity’s director of Asian equities, Catherine Yeung.
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ECB must buy government debt to lower yields
Bill Dinning says “the only solution for the euro area” is for the European Central Bank to buy government debt as aggressively as necessary to lower yields.