Investment

  • expect the ride to get bumpier King

    expect the ride to get bumpier King

    Given the bond bubble has not burst, equity markets have not collapsed, and even emerging markets are showing signs of improving, Max King explains to the doom-mongers what is really happening.

  • Morgan Stanley uses CIBC

    Morgan Stanley uses CIBC

    Morgan Stanley has announced a partnership with Toronto-based Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the counterparty for a new discretionary-focused structured products venture.

  • hedge fund performance 2013

    hedge fund performance 2013

    Hedgies have posted some of their best returns for 2013 though out of favour commodity strategies are continuing to come under pressure.

  • China growth

    China growth

    China’s growth accelerated to 7.8% year-on-year, reversing the slowdown seen during the first half of 2013.

  • rising bond yields hit the wall in september

    rising bond yields hit the wall in september

    The past few months have seen a trend of rising bond yields that was broken in September. Developments at the Federal Reserve took a more dovish turn, easing the chief source of recent market concern.

  • woodford exit investment trust edinburgh investec

    woodford exit investment trust edinburgh investec

    Investec Wealth & Investment has upped its position in Neil Woodford’s Edinburgh Investment Trust, taking advantage of its drop to a discount after the star announced his exit from Invesco Perpetual.

  • UBS fixed income henderson

    UBS fixed income henderson

    Former UBS Global Asset Management global fixed income head Rob Gambi is to join Henderson to serve as its chief investment officer.

  • absolute return funds one answer

    absolute return funds one answer

    Investors are questioning absolute return approaches given the tough time they have had so far this year, particularly when there is a strong argument that an equity/cash combination could work just as well.

  • investment trusts neil woodford exit invesco

    investment trusts neil woodford exit invesco

    Edinburgh Investment Trust is already coming under pressure, and its board is being tipped to launch a beauty parade following the announcement Neil Woodford would depart.

  • man group glg alternatives neil mason hire

    man group glg alternatives neil mason hire

    Man Group has hired former BlueCrest man Neil Mason, brining him on board as a senior managing director and handing him lead portfolio manager duties.

  • greater regulation weak response to failure

    greater regulation weak response to failure

    We all have the ability to look back in history with rose-tinted glasses especially to the periods when we were growing up (the 1970s in this case), even if that means remembering those skin-tight flares, platform shoes and black and white TVs.

  • Liontrust buys North

    Liontrust buys North

    Chief executive John Ions continues his canny expansion of Liontrust Asset Management with the acquisition for £1 of multi-asset firm North Investment Partners.