Credit Suisse and BlackRock have today announced a deal which will see the American giant acquire the Swiss firm’s ETF arm by the end of 2013 – a consolidation 7IM's Peter Sleep said will keep fund charges inflated.
Lyxor Asset Management has unveiled an exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering exposure to gold mining equities.
Joshua Hughes argues why he sees little reason for change in the attraction of markets for high yield investors in 2013 from last year, with any re-pricing that does kick in being very short term.
Investors and portfolio managers need greater transparency in the evaluation of their private equity portfolios. Paul DiBlasi explains how they can find it.
While fully aware of the risks involved, Sophia Whitbread is bullish about the long-term income opportunities in emergign markets, South America in particular.
Wealth manager Coutts has launched a range of seven multi-asset funds, with management split between UK chief investment officer (CIO), Alan Higgins, and team, and Europe CIO, Norman Villamin, and his team.
The problem with standing on a cliff edge is the easiest way is down; so global markets were on the slide yesterday as the excitement around this week’s fiscal deal fades.
Flows into bond funds reached 20bn across Europe in November, the second-best month since Morningstar first began collating the data in 2007.
Thomas Becket describes President Obama's deal over the New Year's Day tax cuts as a pyrrhic victory as the arguments have merely been delayed until February.
Fixed income proved to be popular during 2012 as investors continued their flight to safety and stayed reluctant to move back to equities en masse.
The world’s emerging markets took a hit over 2012 as global growth slowed and the eurozone debt crisis continued to drag on exports.
In 2012, central banks have been successful in alleviating the market-driven crisis in the funding structure of a range of heavily-indebted European nations.
