Investment

  • pa analysis martin currie loss of retail assets

    pa analysis martin currie loss of retail assets

    Martin Currie is one of those fund groups that deep down everybody likes. It has the advantage of being based in Edinburgh and the City's culture and style rubs off on a company packed with “incredibly nice people” as more than one wealth manager has said to me.

  • RDR increases attractiveness of UK market

    RDR increases attractiveness of UK market

    The UK has become a more attractive investment destination in the past year due in part to the wider range of choice offered to investors as a result of RDR, according to research from Morningstar.

  • Dissecting the Rally What Sectors Look Attractive

    Dissecting the Rally What Sectors Look Attractive

    Russ Russ Koesterich, BlackRock's Chief Investment Strategist,takes a look at the most attractive sectors in the current market and discusses how this market rally differs from those in the past.

  • UK investor confidence up in theory

    UK investor confidence up in theory

    Over one-third of UK investors are planning to invest further during 2013, but risk missing out on growth opportunities by sticking to cash savings and the domestic market.

  • end of the bond party could get violent

    end of the bond party could get violent

    Gatemore Capital Management's Liad Meidar looks at the dangers of inflation around the corner and what this could mean for the unsustainable bond party.

  • AIFMD continues to plague hedge fund managers

    AIFMD continues to plague hedge fund managers

    Hedge fund managers are remaining tight-lipped following HM Treasury’s decision to allow new funds to continue to market as normal for the year following the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD).

  • Natixis gives the skinny on US Equity Leaders Fund

    Natixis gives the skinny on US Equity Leaders Fund

    Natixis has released details of the Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders Fund, one of three mandates unveiled for the UK market since the start of the year.

  • somethings got to give

    somethings got to give

    What a difference two weeks can make, as RLAM's Ian Kernohan has discovered. But can the outperformance of gilts and equities in the UK continue in tandem?

  • first state soft closes leaders fund

    first state soft closes leaders fund

    First State is to soft close Jonathan Asante's £4.2bn Global Emerging Market Leaders fund with the introduction of a 4% initial charge from 7 September.

  • Bonds continue to magnetize investors

    Bonds continue to magnetize investors

    Bond sales in Europe were up 17.3bn in March due in large part to strong appetite for global, emerging market and flexible products according to data provided by Lipper.

  • why bonds and equities are rising together

    why bonds and equities are rising together

    Conventional wisdom says the stock and bond markets should generally move in opposite directions, so why are they currently both on the up? Signatures's Andrew Morris explains.

  • Top 20 investment trusts revealed

    Top 20 investment trusts revealed

    Aberdeen is the star of the investment trust world, managing six of the 20 best performing trusts over the past decade according to stats provided by the AIC.