Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • Size matters in costly new regulatory era

    Size matters in costly new regulatory era

    Smaller IFA firms based in a number of key expatriate destinations face being forced out of the market by costly, and sometimes punitive, legislation.

  • Walker Crips expands midlands team

    Walker Crips expands midlands team

    Walker Crips has announced the recruitment of Sue White to bolster the firms stockbroking division.

  • Europes Central Bankers should look to Japan

    Europes Central Bankers should look to Japan

    According to Rowan Dartington Signatures Guy Stephens, with the ECB starting to run out of options, quantitative easing could well bring a much needed stimulus to the Eurozone.

  • Why sentimental irrationality should be welcomed

    Why sentimental irrationality should be welcomed

    Hawksmoor’s Jim Wood-Smith argues that, while the global outlook remains patchy and uncertain, that markets are over-reacting to good and bad news should be welcomed.

  • Debunking the myth

    Debunking the myth

    According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s CIO Richard Titherington, the long-term potential of emerging markets to outgrow developed markets remains alive and well.

  • Two sectors to watch following the selloff

    Two sectors to watch following the selloff

    According to BlackRocks Russ Koesterich stocks could make further gains, despite last weeks strong rebound, and Japanese equities remain in favour.

  • Andrew Herberts time horizon

    Andrew Herberts time horizon

    Andrew Herberts, TMI's head of private investment management, outlines the importance of keeping track of the time horizon on investments

  • Five funds for when growing capital is crucial

    Five funds for when growing capital is crucial

    According to Square Mile Research, while many are focused on income, it is important not to ignore capital accumulation.

  • Q3-maturing structured products returns up 20

    Q3-maturing structured products returns up 20

    According to the latest research from Structuredproductreview.com, structured products that matured in the third quarter jumped 7.6% on average.

  • St Jamess Place in profile

    St Jamess Place in profile

    St James’s Place’s acquisition of The Henley Group in Asia earlier this year marked a significant step for the formerly UK-centric wealth manager.

  • Rousseffs waning popularity buoys investors

    Rousseffs waning popularity buoys investors

    Chelsea Financial Services, Darius McDermott, looks at the investment implications of the forthcoming Brazilian election

  • Qatar an ambitious family business

    Qatar an ambitious family business

    From metro lines to stadiums, the sheer scale of Qatar’s infrastructural development is a sign of the nation’s ambition