Investment

  • chatfeild roberts hands over to somerville

    chatfeild roberts hands over to somerville

    John Chatfeild-Roberts is to hand over lead manager duties for the Jupiter Global Managed Fund to Simon Somerville, in order to concentrate on his role as CIO of the group.

  • meteor launches ftse structured products

    meteor launches ftse structured products

    Meteor brings to market its latest two FTSE-based structured products.

  • dangerous to paint gold as risk panacea

    dangerous to paint gold as risk panacea

    Portraying gold as a risk diversifier in investors’ portfolios is dangerous, according to Gary Reynolds, director and chief investment officer at Courtiers.

  • pa analysis multi-manager news a bump not a hurdle

    pa analysis multi-manager news a bump not a hurdle

    As rumours circulate about the future of two multi-manager firms, the bigger picture is still a healthy one.

  • octopus adds to discretionary management service

    octopus adds to discretionary management service

    Multi-manager Octopus Investments has added two new propositions to its discretionary management service.

  • risk is easier to manage for active investors

    risk is easier to manage for active investors

    David Miller uses the recent UBS rogue trader as an example of why it is easier to manage risk as an active manager of portfolios.

  • aberdeen multi manager distribution capability

    aberdeen multi manager distribution capability

    Aberdeen Multi-Manager has expanded its IFA distribution capability with a new business development hire.

  • past and people are indicators of future policy

    past and people are indicators of future policy

    Spyros Andreopoulos explains why we can learn a lot about the future direction of monetary policy given who is taking the decisions and what they themselves have studied in the past.

  • alternative investment variation of mainstream

    alternative investment variation of mainstream

    Alternative investing used to be fairly clear-cut – anything other than equities, bonds, property and cash – but now even these are arguably ‘alternative’.

  • first state launches EM bond fund

    first state launches EM bond fund

    First State has launched an Emerging Markets Bond Fund with Helene Williamson and her newly-established EM debt team at the helm.

  • lets get physical

    lets get physical

    It has been a tough day for those employed by Credit Suisse, who may wish to keep their heads down following the companys £6m FSA fine over failures in its selling of some structured products.

  • managed futures win out over long short strategies

    managed futures win out over long short strategies

    Long/short equity strategies are falling out of favour in the alternative investment space, while global-macro and CTA strategies are set to continue their rise in popularity, according to ML Capital Asset Management.