Investment

  • Private investors lose out

    Private investors lose out

    Private investors can expect lower dividends in 2013 than they received last year as big special dividends come to an end and investor market share drops from 11.3% to 11%.

  • Investors ditch emerging markets

    Investors ditch emerging markets

    Optimism in the eurozone improved significantly over the past month as 45% of investors stated they expected the economy to strengthen over the coming year, compared to 24% in May.

  • Axa IMs Trindade reduces financials

    Axa IMs Trindade reduces financials

    The fixed income market is set for a volatile few months as a number of key global issues come to a head including decisions about QE, the German election in September and Mark Carney taking up his new role as governor of the Bank of England, according to Nicolas Trindade of Axa Investment Managers.

  • bonus of contention

    bonus of contention

    IMA chief executive, Daniel Godfrey talks us through his association’s response to the EU's potential curbs on bonuses, including why managers should not be rewarded for failure.

  • why gold is something to smile about

    why gold is something to smile about

    SLI's Andrew Milligan says it is surprising how many clients ask about gold, even though not many of them actually own it. Here he explains the lure of the yellow metal.

  • Source launches more GBP

    Source launches more GBP

    Source has made four of its ETFs available in GBP on the London Stock Exchange, bringing the firm’s total offering in sterling to 11 as demand for ETFs from UK investors continues to grow.

  • a view from the bond market

    a view from the bond market

    Axa Investment Management's Chris Iggo, explains the impact suggestions of tapering have had on bond yields and predicts risk assets could rally next month.

  • Co op turns to bond holders

    Co op turns to bond holders

    The Co-op has unveiled plans to tackle its £1.5bn deficit, offering bond holders shares in the bank as part of a “bail in” which will result in a stock market listing for the group.

  • Mirabaud appoints inaugural head of equities

    Mirabaud appoints inaugural head of equities

    Anu Narula is to head up the Mirabaud equities team, taking on a new role introduced as part of the development of the bank’s asset management division.

  • New Morgan Stanley structured

    New Morgan Stanley structured

    Morgan Stanley has launched a new structured product targeting the 20 largest stocks by market capitalisation in the FTSE 100.

  • its not just about autocalls

    its not just about autocalls

    Ian Lowes, founder of StructuredProductReview.com, surveys the structured product market and urges advisers to look outside the autocall box.

  • UBS launches diversified commodities ETF

    UBS launches diversified commodities ETF

    UBS Global Asset Management has launched a new commodities ETF which tracks the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Total Return Index, a benchmark weighted according to economic and liquidity data and individual commodities’ global consumption patterns.