Auditing the index: Is the current fund benchmarking system fit for purpose?
Is it right that a group of indices used to measure the same sector will produce very different results, and the market as a whole is dominated by a handful of players?
Investment
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Fund manager profile: Barings’ Omotunde Lawal on busting myths on EM credit
Despite widespread misconceptions, the emerging corporate credit market is ‘more of a teenager than a baby’, and with that maturity has come more stability and more opportunity
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Foresight Solar announces fee changes, succession plan and liquidity debate
Tony Roper will become chair of the trust in September this year
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Invesco Asia Dragon trust merges to create £800m FTSE 250 company
The larger-scale trust hopes to give greater liquidity to wealth managers, says chairman Neil Rogan
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Square Mile’s fund selector: IA North America funds to watch
Charlie McCann, an investment research analyst at Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research, checks out the top performers and compelling newcomers
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Macro matters: German debt debate
As politicians and economists call for fiscal reform ahead of Germany’s federal election, PA asks what policy change might look like and what impact it could have for the wider eurozone market
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L&G launches infrastructure, bond and equity index funds
Legal & General has launched three new index funds for UK and European investors, tracking equity, bond and infrastructure benchmarks
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Evelyn Partners books £600m net inflow as record £2.6bn comes in
Assets under management closed the year at an all-time high of £63bn
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Mike Riddell on bonds: Feeling the squeeze
Fidelity International’s fixed income portfolio manager on why corporate bonds are running out of juice
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US inflation: Upside surprise ‘very uncomfortable’ for the Fed
US CPI rose to 3% in January, while core inflation also ticked up to 3.3%
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Saba demands second vote at CQS Natural Resources Growth
It wants to create an open-ended version of the trust, despite the board already undergoing a strategic review
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PRS REIT receives several potential acquisition offers
As the board continues its strategic review to weigh up options for the trust