Investment trusts have outperformed their open-ended equivalents in 14 out of 16 sectors over the past 10 years, with property the only category that has consistently bucked this trend during that period, according to a study by Canaccord Genuity.
BlackRock’s acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF business is due to complete by 1 July after being approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Natural resources are an attractive long term investment proposition while record low valuations of assets make this the ideal time to invest across the asset class according to one fund management team.
Two cherubic check-shirted centurions guard the Regent St branch of Abercrombie & Fitch with the casual haughtiness of off-duty beefeaters… in designer sandals.
US-based asset manager Thornburg Investment Management has opened a London office, headed by two newly-recruited joint managing directors.
Investment company exposure to the UK has fallen 9% over the past ten years, while investment in G8 economies has fallen by eight percentage points over the same period, according to data provided by the AIC.
Investec Wealth and Investment is changing its property allocation for the first time since 2008, doubling its allocation to the asset class in a bid to cash in on its recovery.
Technology is a theme many investors like, but are too nervous about playing through a specialist fund. Andrews Gwynne's Mark Smith is not and, having just reviewed the firm's technology exposure, here are the conclusions.
Scott Fleming has joined the Kames Capital fixed income team as a fund manager and he will specialise in analysing exotic bond markets.
Ashcourt Rowan's Stephen Walker admits it is easy to bash gilts on a poor return/low-yield argument but says that is not enough to keep them out of an investor’s portfolio.
Staffan Lindfeldt has been appointed head of global emerging market equities at Barings Asset Management following the departure of Roberto Lampl.
The Source Morningstar US Energy Infrastructure MLP Ucits ETF has attracted $45m since its launch last month, and the fund is now available to retail investors in seven more European countries.
