Investment

  • Janus rolls out global bond fund

    Janus rolls out global bond fund

    Janus Capital has launched Global Flexible Income Fund, an Irish-domiciled Ucits vehicle investing across both investment grade and high yield credit with an emphasis on capital preservation.

  • Investors turning bullish is a sign to be wary

    Investors turning bullish is a sign to be wary

    Nigel Cuming has good investment and macro reasons to have a higher weighting to equities but explains why he is still loathe to up his allocation at the moment.

  • bnp paribas makes senior em fixed income hires

    bnp paribas makes senior em fixed income hires

    BNP Paribas Investment Partners has recruited four emerging market fixed income portfolio managers from State Street Global Advisors.

  • gdp accepted but imperfect economic measure

    gdp accepted but imperfect economic measure

    A country's gross domestic product is the accepted measure of its economic strength but John Husselbee argues this is too narrow a focus and should be broadened.

  • Barings replaces head of Asian equities

    Barings replaces head of Asian equities

    Barings has appointed Hyung Jin Lee as its new head of Asian equities.

  • A more adventurous approach to fixed income

    A more adventurous approach to fixed income

    That investors are still flocking to fixed income is nothing new, but what funds they are using to access this asset class warrants further analysis.

  • Opportunities to come from policy inaction

    Opportunities to come from policy inaction

    Nick Gartside explains why his focus is now back to where it was at the beginning of the year, on the outlook for growth and problems in the eurozone.

  • Opportunities to come from policy inaction

    Opportunities to come from policy inaction

    Nick Gartside's explains why his focus is now back where it was at the beginning of the year, on the outlook for growth and problems in the eurozone.

  • Pinggera joins four capital partners

    Pinggera joins four capital partners

    Former Insight manager Michael Pinggera has joined UK equity specialist boutique Four Capital Partners to head up a new multi-strategy proposition.

  • bull market to hold steady

    bull market to hold steady

    BlackRock's Bob Doll predicts stocks will continue to outperform cash and treasuries in the next 12 months, but adds the bull market will need some further prodding to truly take off.

  • japans conflict with china

    japans conflict with china

    Courtiers' CIO, Gary Reynolds, says Japan's conflict with China over the Senkaku Islands is far from his prime concern when it comes to investing (or in his case not investing) in the country.

  • ecb becomes a political animal

    ecb becomes a political animal

    M&G's Richard Woolnough outlines potential consequences of the ECB's latest bond-purchasing plan, not least its apparent morphing from central bank to centre for politics.