Investment

  • Alternative Ucits AUM hits record high

    Alternative Ucits AUM hits record high

    Alternative Ucits AUM has exceeded 100bn for the first time following a strong first half of the year.

  • kernohan tackles carney conundrum

    kernohan tackles carney conundrum

    Royal London Asset Management's Ian Kernohan explains the conundrum Carney's forward guidance is tasked with solving: why has UK employment been so strong and output so weak?

  • carney rate promise

    carney rate promise

    Coutts' Alan Higgins looks at the impact Carney's forward guidance will have on savers and investors.

  • China and the contrarians gamble

    China and the contrarians gamble

    According to BlackRock’s latest ETP Landscape report, global investors withdrew some $1.1bn from China ETFs in July alone, while the IMA China/Greater China fund sector saw retail outflows of £22.6m in June.

  • Award winning Dexia maintain

    Award winning Dexia maintain

    Dexia Asset Management has maintained stable AUM over the past six months, and it stood at 72.7bn at the end of June.

  • Demand for ETPs continues at record pace

    Demand for ETPs continues at record pace

    Global ETP flows reached their highest level for almost a year in July, as $44.1bn flowed into funds across the world.

  • Banks boost bond issuance between June and July

    Banks boost bond issuance between June and July

    Global bond issuance increased 24% between June and July as the total value of new issues for the month hit $220bn.

  • commodity contrarian - seize the opp

    commodity contrarian – seize the opp

    Gatemore Capital Management's Liad Meidar says the reasons for taking a long-term position in commodities have not vanished.

  • Aquila boosts team with senior hire

    Aquila boosts team with senior hire

    Dorothee Goerz has been hired to head up a new Aquila Capital equity fund, and will be based in the firm’s London office.

  • rising to the challenge

    rising to the challenge

    Paul Brain, head of fixed income at boutique manager Newton, admits value in bond markets is getting harder to find, but insists that for the well-initiated it is still there.

  • keeping track approaches to index

    keeping track approaches to index

    L&G's Dan Atwood looks at three different ways of tracking an index and weighs up the pros and cons of each.

  • UK equities lead the charge

    UK equities lead the charge

    UK All Companies fund sales surged in June, boosting the sector from the 35th to the fourth most bought between May and June as investors poured into UK equities.