bond funds headed for a record year of inflows
Investors stayed on course with their current bond buying spree and continued to dump equities last week, as bond funds absorbed another $3.4bn of inflows, according to EPFR Global.
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gilliat launches new deposit kick out plan
Gilliat has unveiled details of its latest deposit kick out plan that offers investors returns of up to 9.5% in the first year.
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buying growth makes small cap manda attractive
Despite the UK equity market giving up any gains it made in the first few months of the year, at the smaller end of the cap scale the need for growth makes many of them an attractive acquisition target.
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ashmore global opps reprieved from windup
At an EGM held earlier this month, shareholders voted unanimously in favour of not winding up Ashmore Global Opportunities Limited.
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governments open up infrastructure to retail
One look at our schools, hospitals, roads and airports shows that infrastructure investment in the UK is much-needed. Giles Frost looks at how retail investors can take advantage of the increased spend that is opening up the asset class to retail investors.
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manager changes as invesco hong kong loses ho
Samantha Ho has left Invesco Hong Kong with Mike Shiao and Joseph Tang taking over her fund management responsibilities.
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fixed income etps break records
Fixed income exchange-traded products followed the same trend as their mutual fund counterparts in May, with record inflows of $11bn during the month.
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real trends blend with real assets
Philip Richards says investors should reassess what they understand by risky assets in today’s environment, arguing that trends such as increased urbanisation are far more valuable measures of investment trends.
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russell launches best-of-breed em fund
Russell Investments has launched an emerging markets fund designed to give greater access to small cap and frontier markets, comprised of seven third-party mandates.
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em equity funds lose 4bn in may
Outflows from emerging market equity funds showed no signs of slowing in the final week of May, taking total redemptions for the month over $4bn, according to latest statistics from EPFR Global.
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credit caveats and the marketing mix
Ill relay a story from a PR at a large fund group who, having submitted an innocuous tweet to be approved by the compliance department, was asked to include the infamous wordy caveat: Past performance is not a…
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pa analysis are emerging markets contrarian
Emerging markets have seen a huge sell-off since the end of Q1, with the eurozone and (lack of) pace of the global economy to blame. So should investors be looking elsewhere for returns on capital?