Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • premier cio mike jennings replaced on fund

    premier cio mike jennings replaced on fund

    Jacob Robbins will replace Premier Asset Management’s CIO Mike Jennings at the helm of the Global Alpha Growth Fund.

  • ishares launches global equity etf

    ishares launches global equity etf

    iShares has announced the launch of a global equity ETF offering exposure to companies from up to 45 developed and emerging markets.

  • the aud a strong alternative for turbulent times

    the aud a strong alternative for turbulent times

    Since the onset of the global financial crisis, the role of the Australian dollar (AUD) and its correlation to global markets has changed markedly the AUD is now less positively correlated with global share market movements and commodity prices.

  • old mutual creates role for feeney

    old mutual creates role for feeney

    Old Mutual has announced a newly created role for Paul Feeney, who recently departed BNY Mellon Asset Management as head of international distribution.

  • high yield bond funds post record inflows

    high yield bond funds post record inflows

    High yield bond funds saw their biggest weekly inflow on record last week as investor confidence received a boost and risk was put back on the table.

  • european etp outflows slow in september

    european etp outflows slow in september

    The European ETP market saw outflows slow in September, with single country ETFs and commodity ETPs generally in favour and regional and sector-specific products less loved.

  • rating agencies shake up unworkable and unlikely

    rating agencies shake up unworkable and unlikely

    The news the European Commission is proposing a further clamp down on credit rating agencies should hardly come as a surprise, since throughout the sovereign debt crisis, the rating agencies have been pilloried as the villains of the piece.

  • turner eu could constrain effectiveness of fpc

    turner eu could constrain effectiveness of fpc

    Forthcoming EU legislation could reduce the flexibility of the Financial Policy Committee to act in the interests of the UK, according to Lord Turner, chairman of the FSA.

  • axa im launches high conviction global income fund

    axa im launches high conviction global income fund

    Axa Investment Managers has launched a high conviction global income fund targeting between 1.5 and 2.5 times the yield of the MSCI AC World index.

  • global aum steady in q2

    global aum steady in q2

    Global assets under management remained at a steady level in the second quarter at 19.49trn, according to EFAMA, up from 18.74trn in the same period last year.

  • spdr lists two dividend focused etfs in london

    spdr lists two dividend focused etfs in london

    SPDR ETFs, the ETF Platform of State Street Global Advisers, has announced the listing of two funds with dividend exposure on the LSE, in the hope of tapping into investors’ hunt for yield.

  • Emerging markets is just an illusion

    Emerging markets is just an illusion

    Bill Dinning looks at markets that have ’emerged’ in the past, including Greece and Portugal, and asks whether emerging markets is simply an illusory term.