Julie Dickson explains how the Capital Group New Perspective Fund is benefiting from multinationals changing from being traditional goods and services companies to knowledge and information-based businesses.
It has been almost two years since equity or credit markets fell by more than 5%, but investors remain sanguine that markets will continue their relentless rally for the time being.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has launched two global equity funds to be run by the team it poached from Waverton Investment Management earlier this year.
Pacific Asset Management (PAM) is launching an emerging market Ucits fund in November.
Since the lows of the crisis, US equities have risen about 270%, with many other global markets witnessing similarly strong gains. But can the bull run continue? Four investors weigh in.
Faith in the “Trump trade” faded during the summer, as controversy crowded out policy, but it has sparked back to life as the administration lays out plans for a significant overhaul of the US tax system.
There are more emerging economies than developed markets in Candriam’s latest list of investable ESG-friendly countries.
The fund formerly known as Rathbones Recovery will be switching gears from value to growth and ditching a handful of stocks come its official rebrand in October.
According to the latest bi-annual S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Europe Scorecard, active funds investing in the UK produced an average asset-weighted return of 24.2% from mid-2016 to mid-2017, compared with a 17.6% return for the corresponding S&P United Kingdom BMI benchmark.
Active funds investing in UK equities enjoyed strong 12 months, with 80% of sterling denominated funds outperforming benchmark.
Investors continued to shun UK equities in July, instead preferring to invest globally and in corporate bonds, according to the latest Investment Association statistics.
The result of the weekend’s St Leger horse race was the worst result of the season for the bookmarker William Hill, after the favourite 3/1 bet Capri took victory.
