Investment

  • Sarasin offer exposure to all EMs have to give

    Sarasin offer exposure to all EMs have to give

    Sarasin and Partners has launched an emerging markets fund offering equal exposure across 19 of the 21 economies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

  • returns from EM and developed markets reach par

    returns from EM and developed markets reach par

    From an investment point of view, emerging markets have had a fairly tough time in the past couple of years, with funds in the IMA’s Global Emerging Markets category returning on average 7% in the past year compared to 9.3% from the MSCI World Index.

  • First Trust takes first steps into EU ETF market

    First Trust takes first steps into EU ETF market

    First Trust has made its first foray into the European ETF market launching a range of Ucits-compliant offerings benchmarked against UK, US and emerging market equities indices.

  • what to Do When Growth is Too Slow

    what to Do When Growth is Too Slow

    BlackRock's Russ Koesterich gives advisers advice on how to combat the snails' paced global economy and surprisingly that doesn't have to mean abandoning bonds…

  • Bond sales dip to nine month low

    Bond sales dip to nine month low

    European bond fund sales tumbled to a nine-month low in February at just 9.4bn, in line with a general trend, according to Lipper data.

  • keydata the structred product scapegoat

    keydata the structred product scapegoat

    Keydata is in the headlines again as a result of the legal action being taken by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) against financial advice firms that sold certain Keydata products for which the FSCS has paid out compensation to investors.

  • Santander snare Schroders bond manager

    Santander snare Schroders bond manager

    Adam Cordery is joining Santander Asset Management as global head of European fixed income after leaving Schroders last year.

  • its simple advice japan

    its simple advice japan

    Coutts' Gary Dugan, Chief Investment Officer for Asia and the Middle East, sees Japan as a one-way bet, following drastic moves taken by its Central Bank last week. But can the market rally continue apace?

  • hard currency talent joins ing emd team

    hard currency talent joins ing emd team

    ING Investment Management has appointed Marco Ruijer as lead portfolio manager of hard currency in its emerging market debt team.

  • MS distribution deal with Gilliat

    MS distribution deal with Gilliat

    Gilliat Financial Solutions is to distribute Morgan Stanley’s retail structured products through independent financial advisers.

  • Global fund assets swell in 2012

    Global fund assets swell in 2012

    Investment fund assets increased 11% during 2012 reaching 22.17trn by the end of the year according to data provided by the European Fund and Asset Mangement Association (EFAMA).

  • Technology shakes its stigma and gets second wind

    Technology shakes its stigma and gets second wind

    Technology has bounced back into favour and is currently the most popular investment sector in the US, UK and Europe according to a recent survey conducted by BofA Merrill Lynch.