More investors trust the media on investment matters than robo-advisers despite the rising numbers of start-ups and established companies entering the space, according to Legg Mason’s 2016 Global Investment Study.
It is always darkest before the dawn. It is the sort of cliché that gets used only when one is tired, when there really isn’t much left to be said. Which, I would hazard to guess, is how a lot of value investors are currently feeling.
The US is in a period of “growth pause” rather than lapsing into recession, with long-term equity opportunities in technology and healthcare companies, according to Franklin Templeton’s Grant Bowers.
Alan Rowsell started his working life as an economic researcher at the Treasury in London but his career would soon be shaped by transatlantic attractions.
Whether you support or oppose Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and his party, it is hard to argue he is not a shrewd operator and a safe pair of hands for the British economy.
Over half of UK financial advisers say their client’s appetite for risk has decreased over the last year – with some saying the drop has been ‘dramatic’, according to new research by online investment platform rplan.
Bank of New York Mellon is to roll the £100m Newton Managed Income fund into the Newton Multi-Asset Income fund it launched last year.
UBS Wealth Management has warned that significant parts of the FTSE 250 index would be likely to underperform in the aftermath of a British exit from the European Union.
The majority (69%) of UK-based IFAs expect dividends to fall to 5% or less this year having averaged 9.3% over the past four years, according to research from Exchange Traded Products (ETP) provider Source.
Prudential shares rose over 4% to 1383p as the company put out strong full year numbers.
Sweden is a leader in socially responsible investing, so in Stockholm we gathered a group of leading SRI experts, fund buyers and managers to debate the big issues such as balancing ethics and performance, and whether to invest in the best company in ‘unethical’ areas – or avoid the sectors completely.
Wealth managers appear to be keeping faith with Japanese equities despite the recent poor performance of the country’s economy, according to a survey conducted at Portfolio Adviser’s Japan event.
