With the first quarter of 2013 having drawn to a close, it is useful to take stock of how the global economy and asset markets have performed. Global equities have been one of the best performing asset classes so far in 2013.
Private real estate fundraising reached a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2013, as 20 funds closed raising just $5.2bn.
Barclays and Legal & General have joined forces to launch the Defined Return Plan 1, the first in a series of collaborative investment products to be released by the two firms.
Spreads on corporate and peripheral credits are likely to continue to widen, putting further downward pressure on European equities, the latest European Review from S&P Capital IQ Equity Research projects.
With the first quarter now in the history books, Russ Koesterich looks back at how good his predictions were and what he expects to see grabbing the investment headlines in the coming months.
Societe Generale has launched a new structured product linked to the performance of three FTSE 100 shares, with a maximum 69% gross return at maturity.
UBS has today launched a Sterling Corporate Bond Indexed Fund managed by the passive fixed income team.
Ian Heslop has seen equity markets have good five-year periods plenty of times before so here he assesses where next – are we at the start of a fully-fledged bull run or on the edge of another bumpy ride?
UK funds under management has breached £700bn for the first time, with rejuvenated equity funds recording their highest retail sales since April 2011, according to the IMA.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the first gold ETP so Nik Bienkowski looks back, particularly at the past two years that have seen gold prices plummet, to second-guess what the next ten might witness.
Following a recent trip to Turkey, Liesbeth Rubinstein explains why Turkey getting investment grade status means it is more than just your run-of-the-mill emerging market country as fas as long-term investors are concerned.
Those commenting on Warren Buffett under-performing the S&P 500 – for just the ninth time in just shy of half a century – prove once again, as John Husselbee argues, the fallacy of a short-term outlook.
