Hanneke Smits: Brexit is already creating barriers for attracting young European talent
Helena Morrissey’s successor at Newton worries about regulatory equivalence and immigration as the UK exits the EU
Investment
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DFMs continue to show appetite for Asian equities despite coronavirus
More than a third of UK fund selectors are looking to buy into the region in the coming year
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Graham Hooper: Target your biggest cyber weak spot – human error
Passwords, processes and systems can only protect us so far and the human factor is often the weakness
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: Oil prices turn negative while a leading Covid-19 vaccine trial disappoints
Five investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
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Coronavirus sector review: Allianz shines in ‘mixed bag’ of IA Sterling Strategic Bond funds
Funds have delivered returns ranging from 17% to -26% since coronavirus sell-off hit markets
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Alternative Thinking: The investment case for medical cannabis
In the first of an occasional spotlight on less traditional assets, Rahul Bhushan picks out the tailwinds supporting medical cannabis as an investment opportunity
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Schroders trust makes headway despite Woodford ‘baggage’ and virus crisis
Schroder UK Public Private investment trust managers tap into shares as discount widens to 55%
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Darius McDermott: Don’t write off UK small caps
Numis smaller companies index has returned more than twice the FTSE All Share in the past decade
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DFMs bide their time on negative oil prices
WTI contracts hit by ‘double whammy’ of supply glut and coronavirus lockdown
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Allianz Technology Trust joins FTSE 250 as troubled healthcare stock gets dumped
Investment trusts account for over a quarter of the mid-cap index
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IA suspends equity income yield requirements as dividends slashed by £21bn
But ability to store income means investment companies have not experienced same hiccups
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Louis Tambe: How will direct property funds weather the coronavirus storm?
It may take up to a year for the IA UK Direct Property sector to feel the full brunt of Covid-19
