Investment

  • promoting the emotions

    promoting the emotions

    Last week Rowan Dartington won three awards at Portfolio Adviser's inaugural Wealth Manager Awards. We got CEO Graham Coxell to explain how he turned around the fortunes of the group…

  • State Street rolls out multi asset fund

    State Street rolls out multi asset fund

    State Street Global Advisors has unveiled Dynamic Diversified Fund, a multi-asset vehicle within its flagship managed pension fund.

  • carmignac gestion brings head of credit

    carmignac gestion brings head of credit

    Carmignac Gestion has appointed its head of credit Keith Ney to co-manage its 5.7bn European bond fund, Carmignac Sécurité, alongside Carlos Galvis.

  • mandg skirts 20 percent tax property

    mandg skirts 20 percent tax property

    M&G Investments has taken advantage of the property authorised investment fund (PAIF) structure first introduced in 2008 to make the £2bn M&G Property Portfolio more tax efficient for investors.

  • taking a narrower view

    taking a narrower view

    With global emerging market (GEM) funds getting larger and emerging economies relying less on the developed world, the door may be opening for a return to a more measured, country-specific approach.

  • food business can satisfy investors hunger

    food business can satisfy investors hunger

    Barings' Marino Valensise explains why a growing and hungry world population makes a compelling investment case for soft commodities and farmland.

  • a letter from chile

    a letter from chile

    Taking a look at Latin America’s investment trends in mutual funds, over time we can see how Chile has been a reference for markets like Colombia, Peru and Mexico. So what can it teach us?

  • dash for trash continues as em

    dash for trash continues as em

    Sales of European equity funds soared by 20% in the fourth quarter of 2012, with investors looking to benefit from depressed prices, while property fund sales dropped 22% in the same quarter.

  • equities real estate are asset calls

    equities real estate are asset calls

    Rather than 2013 being a continuation of a risk on/risk off approach, Keith Skeoch suggests this year investors will start to be more precise about where risk will be rewarded, with a greater empahsis on property and equities.

  • henderson never had a house view

    henderson never had a house view

    Henderson Global Investors today denied it had ever had a ‘house view’ in its equities business as it got rid of David Jacob’s CIO role and announced a wider restructure.

  • chinese economy rebounds

    chinese economy rebounds

    China’s economy grew by more than expected during the fourth quarter of 2012, boosting hopes of a nascent recovery in the country’s fortunes.

  • Aberdeen must act now and close its gem funds

    Aberdeen must act now and close its gem funds

    "Net inflows… have continued at a higher rate than we are comfortable with and we are working to achieve a slowdown to ensure performance is not compromised," a refreshing statement for a fund group?