Investment

  • Investec structured products

    Investec structured products

    Investec has unveiled a suite of new structured products which are available for investment up until mid-August.

  • developed market equities

    developed market equities

    Despite recent market volatility, there has been little change in macroeconomic indicators with the broad trend remaining one of gentle improvement in the US, Japan and the UK, while activity in most emerging economies is slowing.

  • Union Bancaire Privee target global

    Union Bancaire Privee target global

    Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) has launched an unconstrained bond fund which aims to offer flexibility and performance in all market conditions.

  • where has all the inflation gone

    where has all the inflation gone

    Bond markets entered June in some disarray, and none more so than US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS).

  • oil and oligarchs are not the only fruit

    oil and oligarchs are not the only fruit

    If media headlines were any barometer, you would think good news from Russia as scarce as tomato plantations in the land ruled by General Winter. But you would be wrong: Russia is, in fact, the world’s 11th largest tomato producer, ahead of Mediterranean nations such as Greece.

  • High yield in high demand

    High yield in high demand

    Thomas Samson, high yield portfolio manager for corporate credit specialist Muzinich & Co., says the recent correction in credit markets which began when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke signalled quantitative easing may come to an end should benefit investors over the medium to long-term because it will result in higher coupons for new issuers in a…

  • china gdp growth 7 per cent

    china gdp growth 7 per cent

    China's GDP continues to grow but its level of growth dropped for the second consecutive quarter as Premier Li Keqiang's policies to rein in his country's credit boom start to kick in.

  • JLIF acquires portfolio

    JLIF acquires portfolio

    The John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) has agreed the acquisition of 11 operational and yielding assets in a deal worth around £123m.

  • stocks to play the us story

    stocks to play the us story

    Killik & Co's head of equities Jonathan Jackson highlights the stocks poised to take advantage in a continued US recovery.

  • using structured products for income

    using structured products for income

    Used constructively, structured products can generate useful income streams for client portfolios, says Ian Lowes, founder of StructuredProductReview.com.

  • flooding the market

    flooding the market

    Armstrong Investment Managers' Patrick Armstrong explains why investing in a substance required by people the globe over, water, is a sure-fire strategy for success.

  • iShares lists currency hedged EM bond fund

    iShares lists currency hedged EM bond fund

    iShares is offering investors currency-hedged emerging market bond exposure through an ETF listed today on the London Stock Exchange