Why you should go for corporate rather than strategic bond funds
Despite heavy outflows, there is still a good case for plumping for corporate bond funds over their more fashionable strategic cousins.
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Mind the fund gap, says Wellian
The investment environment in 2016 will require more “cherry picking” of individual managers and funds on an ongoing basis, according to Wellian Investment Solutions’ CIO Richard Philbin.
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Investment Association announces three-way split
The Investment Association has announced it is to be split into three core divisions as part of an organisational restructure.
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8AM launches new managed portfolio service
8AM Global has launched 8PM, a model portfolio service as the final part of its re-branding process.
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Courtiers launches three new funds
Courtiers has launched three new funds targeting group self-invested pension plans (GSIPP).
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Lansdown backs arts investment firm
Stephen Lansdown is becoming a partner and shareholder in Edge Investments, a creative industries investment group.
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FundCalibre urges caution on India despite plus points
The case for investing in India has been well made recently, but warnings on the risks have been scarce.
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Kames Capital launches emerging market bond fund
Kames Capital is launching The Kames Emerging Market Bond Fund that will invest primarily in investment grade debt of EM sovereigns and corporates, mainly in hard currency.
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Investors embrace pension freedoms
Fund sales in pensions have soared in the wake of the pension freedoms introduced in April.
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Tilney Bestinvest spots fewer, but fatter, ‘dog’ funds
Aberdeen and M&G led the pack in Tilney Bestinvest’s latest Spot the Dog report of disappointing funds, though the overall number of serial underperformers has fallen.
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Ashes Investment Blog: Funds, runs and the quest for balance
As with markets, so with cricket. After the variable bounce infused contest that saw Australia comprehensively beaten in Cardiff, the second test has started much more poorly for England on a road of a pitch at Lords – an indication of just how quickly things can change.
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PA ANALYSIS: Strategies for when markets misbehave
From forex-rigging bankers to (allegedly) naughty FIFA officials, Lord Acton’s famous words on how “absolute power corrupts absolutely” have rarely been more relevant. But what absolutes are there for when markets misbehave?
