Consensus among Standard Life Investments’ fund managers is that banks will play an important role to ongoing performance in corporate bonds and equities, according to Frances Hudson, the group’s global thematic strategist.
The number of UK-based investment professionals who feel corporate bonds are overpriced has doubled in the past year.
UK equities remain a force to be reckoned with despite a degree of negative sentiment towards the market, according to both fund managers and pickers.
How many times have we heard it before? The three words 'Japan', 'new' and 'dawn' in the same sentence. But if you're hell-bent on allocating to the country are there ways to do it without suffering scars?
Syz Asset Management has appointed Japan equities guru Joël Le Saux to manage its institutional and retail strategies in the region, replacing Morant Wright at the helm of its Oyster Japan Opportunities Fund.
Openwork has unveiled details of four new funds ahead of the forthcoming launch of a multi-asset model portfolio range.
ECB action to save the euro, along with its progress in redressing imbalances in the region's economy resulted in strong demand for Ucits funds in 2012, according to a report by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
Norwegian asset manager Skagen has made its initial foray into the UK wholesale market, launching four equity and fixed interest funds on the Transact platform.
Japanese equity funds enjoyed a record-breaking start to February as inflows hit a 34-week high and retail commitments reached their highest level since Q2 2006, data from EPFR shows.
Cross-border funds attracted their second highest amount in the past ten years in 2012, accounting for nearly half of all European fund assets, according to the latest report from Lipper.
Henderson Global Investors today denied it had ever had a ‘house view’ in its equities business as it got rid of David Jacob’s CIO role and announced a wider restructure.
The problem with standing on a cliff edge is the easiest way is down; so global markets were on the slide yesterday as the excitement around this week’s fiscal deal fades.
