Investment

  • European etf assets close to 300bn for 2012

    European etf assets close to 300bn for 2012

    European ETF assets stand on course to breach the $300bn barrier, having grown 10.2% year-to-date, according to independent consultant ETFGI.

  • Fair play for structured products

    Fair play for structured products

    The following is a headline and first line of a story on structured products exactly as it was flagged by Google Alerts…

  • blackrock calum smith takes global role at swip

    blackrock calum smith takes global role at swip

    Calum Smith is to join SWIP from BlackRock in a newly created role within the firm’s fixed income business.

  • meteor launches ftse sp backed plans

    meteor launches ftse sp backed plans

    Meteor Asset Management has launched two new FTSE 100 and S&P 500-backed income products for UK investors.

  • what if romney wins

    what if romney wins

    Bill O’Neill takes a look at what the US political and economic backdrop could be like at the start of next year asking, among other questions, what if Mitt Romney wins November’s election?

  • ignis adds to client relationship teams

    ignis adds to client relationship teams

    Ignis has hired a product specialist from BlackRock and a sales director from Deutsche Asset Management as it continues to expand its third-party distribution.

  • jenna barnard given fi promotion at henderson

    jenna barnard given fi promotion at henderson

    Jenna Barnard has been promoted to deputy head of retail fixed income at Henderson Global Investors.

  • mark julio joins ignis from barings

    mark julio joins ignis from barings

    After completing his gardening leave having resigned from Baring Asset Management, Mark Julio has joined Igins Asset Management’s emerging market equities team.

  • pa analysis ignore geared trusts at your peril

    pa analysis ignore geared trusts at your peril

    Being a leveraged company is seen as a huge negative right now but investment trusts use gearing as a point of competitive advantage and those that do should not be dismissed out of hand.

  • lower market beta for bond investors iggo

    lower market beta for bond investors iggo

    Chris Iggo looks at what is ahead for fixed income investors given the significant returns made already this year and asks whether now is the time to lock those gains in.

  • pa analysis a q4 storm will follow a calm q3

    pa analysis a q4 storm will follow a calm q3

    The second half of the past two years undid much of the good work done during the first half and with a rocky Q4 to come, 2012 could mirror it more closely than the current picture would indicate.

  • an investor dilemma russia or cee

    an investor dilemma russia or cee

    With one third of the world’s investment focussed on countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Pavel Gagarin asks whether this is a help or a hindrance to foreign investment in Russia.