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.
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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.
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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.
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introducing the four horsemen
Kames’ Bill Dining says a healthy cynicism about the efficacy and motives of policymakers has led him to cast Mario Draghi, Mervyn King, Ben Bernanke and governor of the central bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, as the villains of the piece.
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who owns the client if their adviser leaves
The issues around client ownership are tricky so it is more than just useful that Malcolm Small is wading through some of them to provide an industry protocol for when their adviser leaves the advisory firm.
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a letter from singapore
Aberdeen Asset Management Asia’s managing director, Hugh Young, gives a sense of how matters really look out east and decides which of the Asian giants present the most compelling investment case.
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invesco raids std life for new multi asset
Standard Life Investments has lost three of its multi-asset team who are leaving to set up a bran new multi-asset division for Invesco Perpetual.
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Whats in a name
So long Skandia, and hello Old Mutual Wealth. Its the latest industry rebrand, but what should it matter to you?
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syz co em fund not designed around the big five
Syz & Co’s new emerging markets fund has been designed around an index that avoids the usual reliance on the largest countries by cap size of those that follow the MSCI EM index.
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listed hedge funds absolute returns
Stephen Peters goes in search of funds that can provide an absolute return but do not charge a performance fee for providing investors with nothing more than market beta.
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New credit research head for Old Mutual
Old Mutual Asset Managers has hired Tim Barker from SocGen as head of credit research within Stewart Cowleys fixed income and macro team.
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shift into third gear still some way off
Neil Williams, chief economist at Hermes Fund Managers, explains why political risk and fiscal corrections are dual factors in subdued growth across the globe.