Any landmark date – birthdays, anniversaries, a new year for example – brings with it a lot of navel-gazing and the desire for a brand new start. Rarely does anything change, and this is perfectly illustrated by the noise surrounding the Chinese New Year.
Last year was one of the worst for China’s markets though, as John Monaghan explains, fund managers are undecided over whether the resulting undervalued opportunities mean now is the right time to buy.
iShares has added four new swap-based ETFs to its commodity propositions.
China Equity Funds posted their biggest weekly inflow in more than two years last week, as investor sentiment towards the eurozone debt crisis and its successful resolution swung back towards positive.
India’s woeful market performance in 2011 is a short-term blip in what is otherwise a long-term growth story, argues Ambit IA’s Andrew Holland.
BlackRock is putting plans in place to launch an absolute return Sicav based on securities in the US, Canada and Latin America.
Invesco Perpetual is to launch Global Financial Capital Fund aimed at profiting from the rehabilitation of the sector, including major banks in North American, UK and Europe.
Tim Cockerill argues that European politicians are right to take decisions to manage their economies that go against the market view.
Jim Irvine is to replace Mitesh Sheth as head of Henderson’s fixed income business.
BlackRock has confirmed Jeff Morton, head of investment on its UK Property Fund, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities.
Natixis-owned Ossiam announced today it has teamed with FTSE Group to launch a minimum variance-based ETF using a specially designed index.
Meteor Asset Management has announced the release of its latest tranche of FTSE-based structured products, with a bias towards income for yield hungry investors.
