FTSE 100 slides on triple whammy of worries
The FTSE 100 slid 1.2% to 6822 on Monday morning as widespread negative sentiment hit shares across the board.
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Japanese equities preferred to eurozone – NN IP
Japanese equities could be preferable to eurozone equities due to higher corporate profitability and greater political certainty, said NN Investment Partners.
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Green investing and tobacco are reliable options in an uncertain world – Sarasin
Henry Boucher, deputy chief investment officer at Sarasin, pointed to environmental and tobacco companies as his most reliable bets for investing in an increasingly unreliable world.
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Trump or Clinton led infrastructure boom could be a win for investors
Both of the main candidates in the United States Presidential election have been talking about increasing spending on infrastructure if they win, and investors could profit by targeting the asset class.
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Columbia Threadneedle targets volatility with new European fund
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has announced the launch of the Threadneedle (Lux) Pan European Absolute Alpha fund.
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Second Round Effects: Are we heading for a thematic revival?
Like everything else in the financial world the popularity of investment styles moves in cycles and, it would seem, like 90s fashion, thematic investment is seeing something of a revival.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why it pays to be selective in EMD
While more fuss will be made of the eighth anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers, it is also worth remembering next year will mark 20 years since the preceding Asian financial crisis.
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Taiwan’s tech disruption offers long-term opportunity – Hermes
From semiconductor manufacturer TSMC to companies specialising in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in automobiles, Taiwan is home to a number of disruptive innovators that investors would be wise to take notice of, according to Hermes senior investment analyst Kunjal Gala.
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PA ANALYSIS: Another end of summer blip or something much bigger?
The end of last week and start of this has had a familiar feel about it as the point at which summer turns to autumn has once again seen investors fretting.
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Equities are the real low risk investment now – Artemis
With governments around the world increasingly indebted but many companies ‘flush with cash’, Artemis fund manager Simon Edelsten argued that investing in global equities is the real low risk option now.
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Lombard Odier shrugs off EM equities concerns
Emerging market equities are attractive despite China risk and a possible US rate hike this year, argues Lombard Odier Investment Managers client portfolio manager, Pascal Menges.
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Strong corporate governance leads to outperformance – research
Companies with a sound corporate governance culture have significantly outperformed their poorly governed competitors since the beginning of 2009, according to fresh research by Hermes Investment Management.