Investment

  • BlackRock new emerging market fund

    BlackRock new emerging market fund

    BlackRocks newest multi-asset fund is designed to deliver equity-like returns for emerging market investors.

  • Property still a case of just looking

    Property still a case of just looking

    As property transactions, valuations and relevance to investors are all on the rise, intermediaries are showing greater interest in the asset class without actually buying into it. What is stopping them?

  • Stars of 2013 equity funds top net retails sales

    Stars of 2013 equity funds top net retails sales

    Latest IMA stats unveil the clear winners in net retail fund sales for 2013.

  • US set best for growth or a value this year

    US set best for growth or a value this year

    Last year was the best year for US equity investors since 1995, so Paul Quinsee looks at whether the US has run its course or whether investors should choose between a growth and a value path fro new US equity investing.

  • Emerging market equity falls to get worse Becket

    Emerging market equity falls to get worse Becket

    Emerging market equities have seen falls accelerate and things could get worse before they improve, in the view of Tom Becket, chief investment officer of PSigma Investment Management.

  • Mexico not Brazil leading the way Carmignac

    Mexico not Brazil leading the way Carmignac

    Paris-based fund management group Carmignac Gestion believes Mexico is well positioned to replace China as the USs number one trade partner.

  • New name for Jupiter climate change fund

    New name for Jupiter climate change fund

    Jupiter has renamed its Climate Change Solutions fund to, as it says, “better reflect the dynamic development of the environmental sector”.

  • JPM bolsters closed-end teams

    JPM bolsters closed-end teams

    New head of investment trust sales Mitchell joins in February and will report to head of investment trusts Simon Crinage. He will coordinate sales and investor relations activity for JPMAM’s range of trusts across private client, advisory and execution-only channels, running a team of four dedicated sales personnel and will also take a key role…

  • JPM to open Oeic version of US equity Sicav

    JPM to open Oeic version of US equity Sicav

    JPMorgan Asset Management is launching a UK Oeic version of its American Equity Luxembourg Sicav, available from 31 January.

  • Europe 2014 long sangria short champagne Ison

    Europe 2014 long sangria short champagne Ison

    Now we are exiting the worst of the eurozone financial crisis, Dan Ison argues it is also time to stop differentiating between a European ‘periphery and core.

  • Weldons task

    Weldons task

    Every investor should have a view on the US, but with so few funds beating the S&P 500 genuine alpha-generating managers are often hard to find, especially those running money out of London.

  • Plenty of stock picking opportunities in EM

    Plenty of stock picking opportunities in EM

    Emerging Markets are bringing a range of hot stock picks to the table.