Advisers dump less wealthy clients into multi-asset
The size of a client’s wealth is important in helping advisers decide which investment strategies to use, but it is not the only factor to consider.
The size of a client’s wealth is important in helping advisers decide which investment strategies to use, but it is not the only factor to consider.
It’s two years since the British public narrowly voted to leave the EU, but there is still a lot of uncertainty over the country’s future. This is normally bad news for markets, but four investors believe UK assets have remained remarkably resilient.
Boutique asset manager Kestrel Investment Partners is increasing exposure to Europe’s financial, telecom and pharmaceutical sectors on the back of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing (QE) decision.
Investors in the Blackrock Emerging Europe investment trust will be able to exit at the net asset value, a regulatory filing published on Wednesday said.
Emerging market debt has been attracting robust inflows but as the US dollar strengthens, monetary policy tightens and volatility rises can the asset class retain its appeal?
This year has been a tough one for equity investors. Following February’s sell-off, most major markets have lost money year-to-date.
Eastspring Investments has strengthened its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing after signing up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
Platforms have spurned the gift of the retail distribution review (RDR) and are dead, according to Mark Polson, founder of financial services consultancy The Lang Cat.
Fund flows into Sterling Strategic Bonds surged in October, as investors continued to show caution on the outlook for UK equities.
Mifid II is viewed by many as complicated, opaque and onerous to implement, not to mention costly, but once the heavy lifting has been done does the industry stand to benefit from the new regulatory regime?
Women could be pressured into taking more long-term investment risks than men to compensate their low pay, according to a study by UBS Wealth Management.
“The world has gone mad” Baillie Gifford’s Charles Plowden has said, comparing the boom in exchange traded funds (ETFs) to the hysteria which led to the global financial crisis.