There are a number of measures advisers can use to assess investment managers performance. One of these, the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), hit the headlines recently when Rathbones announced it was GIPS compliant. But what are GIPS, how do they compare
Following the departure of head of US equities Cormac Weldon, Threadneedle has hired four to expand the team.
According to Investecs Max King, the current market environment is proving to be as benign a background for multi-asset investment as one could hope for.
Mark Carney’s comments on interest rates at Mansion House last night are the clearest sign yet that a rise is not far off and could lead to earnings downgrades for some FTSE 100 companies.
Thesis Asset Management has increased its exposure to defensive style equity funds to take advantage of what it says is the relative cheapness of the underlying stocks, particularly in the mega-cap sector.
With the biggest sporting event in the world now upon us PA looks at how some of the nations competing match up in a mini tournament based on stock market performance over the past year.....
As Sainbury’s becomes the latest UK retail name to announce falling sales investors may well be asking themselves whether it is a sector to steer clear of all together in the near term.
BlackRock has launched new emerging markets and US equities exchange-traded funds on the London Stock Exchange.
Lloyds Banking Group has set the price range of its proposed listing of TSB at 220-290p, a level which implies it will be sold at less than its book value
Chris Kitchenham discusses three ideas he is rather excited about at the moment.
Samantha Gleave, fund manager in the LionTrust cashflow solution team, says Banco Santander is first retail bank to be added to their funds in a number of years.
Natixis Global Asset Management has launched two new Luxembourg-based SICAVs.
