Investment

  • Overpriced bonds

    Overpriced bonds

    The number of UK-based investment professionals who feel corporate bonds are overpriced has doubled in the past year.

  • Odey launches Ucits version of European hedge fund

    Odey launches Ucits version of European hedge fund

    Odey Asset Management is to launch a Ucits version of its flagship European hedge fund strategy.

  • why EM Asia not EM high beta play

    why EM Asia not EM high beta play

    In his look at 2013, Johan Jooste picked out high beta stocks over defensives as the economic picture improves. Here he explains why Asian emerging markets are faring better than most.

  • new kids on the block

    new kids on the block

    New kids on the block they may be, but founders of London Wall Partners Nick Fletcher and Jeremy Beckwith have big ideas for their fledgling business in the City, believing they are best placed to give clients what they need post-RDR.

  • the Swiss economy is seeing double

    the Swiss economy is seeing double

    Given the double-digit returns in the Swiss equity market in 2012, Swiss investors are looking back on a good year. Other asset classes such as corporate bonds and real estate delivered strong returns too.

  • Bond Fund braced for volatile 2013

    Bond Fund braced for volatile 2013

    Emerging market debt and liquid assets are the order of the day for Legg Mason’s Global Multi Strategy Bond Fund as the manager prepares for a volatile 2013 in credit markets.

  • aquila capital targets risk parity bond strategy

    aquila capital targets risk parity bond strategy

    Aquila Capital has announced its intention to launch a Risk Parity Bond Strategy for investors looking to diversify and counterbalance their exiting fixed income exposures.

  • Lost decade for equities

    Lost decade for equities

    UK equities remain a force to be reckoned with despite a degree of negative sentiment towards the market, according to both fund managers and pickers.

  • second time round tough political leaders

    second time round tough political leaders

    A number of political leaders are in their second stint of power with others hoping to join them so Patrick Schotanus examines whether the pressures they saw first time around are abating or still a-biting.

  • Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Around a quarter of Association of Investment Companies' (AIC) members now pay quarterly dividends, research conducted by the body reveals.

  • the japan strategies to take notice of

    the japan strategies to take notice of

    How many times have we heard it before? The three words 'Japan', 'new' and 'dawn' in the same sentence. But if you're hell-bent on allocating to the country are there ways to do it without suffering scars?

  • morant wright taken off oyster japan

    morant wright taken off oyster japan

    Syz Asset Management has appointed Japan equities guru Joël Le Saux to manage its institutional and retail strategies in the region, replacing Morant Wright at the helm of its Oyster Japan Opportunities Fund.