2013 assets raised for alternative trusts
Investment companies raised £7.9bn of capital during 2013, more than in 2011 and 2012 combined.
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100 year bond
Two one-hundred-year bonds have been introduced in the past week but is there a benefit to an investment with a time horizon that will outlast every wealth manager client?
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china growth slows in fourth quarter
China’s fourth quarter GDP figures showed growth slowing slightly, but they remained ahead of market expectations.
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New managers for Alliance Trust fixed income team
The fixed income team at Alliance Trust Investments has taken on new co-managers from within the firm for two bond funds.
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Rising equity markets drives business volumes
Investment managers have remained remarkably optimistic over the last quarter, a PwC report reveals.
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not ready to break the bond
The launch of IMAs new Emerging Market Bond sector has been met with relatively little fanfare, but is this due to poor sentiment towards emerging markets, or perhaps a wider malaise on fixed income?
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Is this the end of the road for credit
As we enter 2014‚ spread levels across developed credit markets are tighter than they have been since the third quarter of 2007 showing the extent to which spreads have now retraced since the global financial crisis.
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Yield chasers targeting property
Investment in commercial property hit its highest level last year since the financial crisis.
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IT managers say Abenomics is on track
The wide-ranging programme to revitalise the Japanese economy and raise its growth rate in the long term, as well as provide short-term stimulus, dubbed Abenomics, is on track.
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Taking the tough calls when
Ive often thought it would be fun to set up my own investment house, but alas Shepherd Asset Management (or, er, SHAM) remains a pipe dream.
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World Bank warns over ending QE
World Bank report warns tapering measures could end in a car cash for emerging markets.
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East Capital latest in China rush
Emerging markets specialist East Capital has launched the Luxembourg registered China A-Shares Fund, to be managed out of its Stockholm HQ and Hong Kong.