Coutts he who dares wins but safely please
In its 2014 investment outlook fresh off the printing press this morning, Coutts has captured the three strategies that investors should consider when building a portfolio for the New Year.
Investment
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FCA doubles its remit in 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority is expecting a significant rise in the number of regulated firms next year as it takes over from the Office of Fair Trading as watchdog of the consumer credit market next year.
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draghi blusters as dark clouds loom over eu
If nothing else, it is difficult not to admire Mario Draghis style. After two tempestuous years at the helm of the European Central Bank, battling from one crisis to the next, he continues to catch onlookers unaware.
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Half of IFAs to reject closed-end funds
More than half of discretionary fund managers will be placing business into investment trusts in the next six months, while almost half of financial advisers will reject the closed-end structure.
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avoid traditional income Lazard Ryan
As a global equity income manager, Pat Ryan explains why he is avoiding the traditional large-cap, defensive stocks you would expect to form the foundation of an equity income product.
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experience says now is not the time for Asia
Avoiding an impersonal, tick-box mentality is key to TAM's fund picking while experience in managing money in Asia has taught the team that now is not the time to invest there.
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McLennan and Marple in hunt for property yield
The hunt for yield means property investment is making a comeback but, Hendersons top UK property manager, Ainslie McLennan, uses a different kind of detective work.
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all for one and one for all Sarasin
Sarasin & Partners runs a fully integrated investment process that does not discriminate by client type and its thematic approach puts long-term investment views as the key driver for all of them
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Meteor brings Focus to structured product arena
Meteor Asset Management and Racing Green Investment Services have joined forces to introduce a new structured product provider to the UK market, Focus Structured Solutions.
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haywood convertibles over credit
The weakest fixed income assets in 2013 have been emerging market bonds however unless they default – which we see as unlikely – we expect this asset class to pro¬vide the biggest boost to fund performance in the next few years, merely by redeeming in full just as PIIGS bonds did in 2013.
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DFMs take on multi managers
The lines between discretionary fund managers (DFMs) and multi-managers are being blurred by the arrival of unitised discretionary fund (UDFM) solutions.
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a letter from south korea
South Korea has changed tremendously over the past decade and is now a cosmopolitan city, a tourist destination with high-end restaurants and luxurious hotels.
