Investment

  • Boltons biggest challenge to end career on a high

    Boltons biggest challenge to end career on a high

    Today is the third anniversary of the launch of Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations, but has it been a career risk worth taking?

  • Foul five US funds shedding money

    Foul five US funds shedding money

    The S&P 500 has risen 13.7% in the past year, demonstrating a significant recovery in the US equities market, but not all funds have followed suit. We reveal the worst offenders here…

  • valuation bears one born every minute

    valuation bears one born every minute

    Brewin Dolphin's Ben Gutteridge compares investing in US equities with the forthcoming birth of his second child – at times painful but ultimately rewarding, let's hope his wife doesn't mind

  • Franklin Templeton promotes Zahn

    Franklin Templeton promotes Zahn

    David Zahn has been appointed as the inaugural head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton as the firm looks to expand its fixed income offering.

  • can convertible bonds 50-30-20 rule help

    can convertible bonds 50-30-20 rule help

    Aviva Investors' global convertibles fund manager, David Clott answers advisers' frequently asked questions about his asset class.

  • chinese investors buy gold as rest of world

    chinese investors buy gold as rest of world

    The price of gold may have fallen another $125 per ounce on Monday its greatest one-day loss ever but some retail investors in Hong Kong and mainland China are buying more of it, rather than selling, according to a columnist for the South China Morning Post.

  • MandGs Vaight underweights key EMs

    MandGs Vaight underweights key EMs

    Coca Cola became too big, and many opportunities in key emerging markets are now too expensive, according to value-driven Matthew Vaight, manager of M&G's Global Emerging Markets Fund.

  • investors cant get enough ETFs

    investors cant get enough ETFs

    Appetite for emerging market bond and equities products among European investors is strong with just under half wanting to see more product innovation in this area, according to a survey conducted by the EDHEC Risk Institute.

  • persistent safe haven bonds will fall back

    persistent safe haven bonds will fall back

    William Sels, HSBC Private Bank's UK head of investment strategy, admits the recent rally in safe haven bonds has been surprising. Yet he still feels investors should be positioned for a reversal in this fortune.

  • Investec rolls out post rdr structured products

    Investec rolls out post rdr structured products

    Investec Structured Products has launched a new collection of post-RDR FTSE 100 plans, whilst removing the commission options on previously available structured deposits.

  • will it pay to hold gold

    will it pay to hold gold

    Gold has plummeted to $1406/oz but commentators are torn on the reason behind the fall, with the situation in Cyprus, investor confidence, and its failure as a safe haven all cited as possible causes.

  • Ware joins Pattullo Barnard quest for high yield

    Ware joins Pattullo Barnard quest for high yield

    Nicholas Ware is joining John Pattullo and Jenna Barnard at the helm of the Henderson Fixed Interest Monthly Income Fund.