Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • lgim retail fund flows slump

    lgim retail fund flows slump

    Legal & General Investment Management’s retail business saw new fund flows more than half in the first nine months of 2011, year-on-year, even as the firm’s total AUM grew.

  • madof victim bramdean to launch fund supermarket

    madof victim bramdean to launch fund supermarket

    Bramdean Asset Management (BAM), which was caught out in 2008 due to investments in Bernard Madoff’s fund, has confirmed it is planning to launch an online funds supermarket called beesandhoney.com.

  • threadneedle and lvam partnership

    threadneedle and lvam partnership

    Threadneedle Investments today announced the details of the transfer of LV= retail funds, confirming no fund managers would be moving with their mandates and hinting further changes were to come.

  • us and european corporate earnings growth slows

    us and european corporate earnings growth slows

    Bill O’Neill assesses the picture painted by Q3 earnings reported from companies either side of the Atlantic.

  • barclays wealth bucks investment arm trend

    barclays wealth bucks investment arm trend

    Barclays Wealth saw pre-tax profit for the first nine months of the year jump 25%, compared to the same period last year, due to a boost in its High Net Worth business.

  • dangerous to paint gold as risk panacea

    dangerous to paint gold as risk panacea

    Portraying gold as a risk diversifier in investors’ portfolios is dangerous, according to Gary Reynolds, director and chief investment officer at Courtiers.

  • coutts international arm drops rbs

    coutts international arm drops rbs

    Coutts & Co is to drop the RBS branding from its international business from tomorrow, it has been confirmed.

  • robson joins threadneedle

    robson joins threadneedle

    Threadneedle’s Global Focus Fund is to see its third manager this year, with the appointment of Neil Robson to the firm’s Global Equities Team.

  • high yield bond funds resurge

    high yield bond funds resurge

    High yield bond funds saw record inflows of $4.7bn last week as risk appetite returned among investors.

  • eus dash to china dampens markets

    eus dash to china dampens markets

    Euphoria seen on Thursday after the announcement of a three-pronged eurozone deal has retreated today to leave the FTSE 100 and other European indices trading in negative territory.

  • etp education down to advisers

    etp education down to advisers

    Responsibility for investors education and understanding of ETPs lies with advisers, Towsend Lansing head of regulatory affairs at ETF Securities has claimed.

  • long only commodities dont diversify

    long only commodities dont diversify

    The correlation of commodity performance to equity markets has increased to such an extent that long-only commodity strategies have lost their punch as portfolio diversifiers, say commentators.