Funds for cautious income seekers
Yield is fast becoming the holy grail of the 21st century. Ten years ago, you could still sign up to a 12-month fixed term cash account and get a whopping 10% interest; today you are lucky if you get 1%.
Profiles & Comment
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Forget the Vix – new ways to profit from volatility
Geopolitical uncertainty is on the rise but the Vix Index is at historic lows. Is there really still an investment case for trying to harness volatility?
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Risks facing income investors seen growing in diversity
Generating a reasonable income from investments in the current environment means fund managers face a variety of risks. Click on the video to hear a group of top investors outline where those risks are likely to come from over the next 12 to 18 months.
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Asset Allocator: SLI’s Bambos Hambi
Standard Life Investments’ MyFolio team stands by its decision to dump government bonds, while backing US and Japan equities to prolong the bull run.
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Wealth Manager Profile: Stonehage Fleming’s Graham Wainer
Stonehage Fleming’s focus on intergenerational wealth provides a strong platform from which to provide the ‘grown-up, long-term investing’ CEO Graham Wainer believes is vital in a globalised world that remains ever-vulnerable to political events.
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Fund Manager Profile: TwentyFour AM’s Chris Bowie
TwentyFour’s Chris Bowie spearheads the outcome and investment-driven division he built from the ground up. Here he talks up his DIY approach, which includes executing all of the trades himself, keeping him ‘close to the market’ and giving him a few kicks along the way
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Contrarian: The risk of rationality
Even though markets have been hitting new highs, now might be the time to challenge the current illusion of normality, which could be a painful reality check for traditional asset classes.
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Asset Allocator: Schroders’ Brookes
Schroders’ head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes forecasts that rising inflation in 2017 will flip the script on traditional ‘safe’ assets, making the case for riskier investments
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Fund manager profile: Jupiter’s Ben Whitmore
Going against the flow is the order of the day for Ben Whitmore, with a long-term view that asks for a vote of trust from clients
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Wealth manager profile: Capital Generation Partners’ Ian Barnard
From diplomat to discretionary, Capital Generation Partners’ co-founder Ian Barnard takes big industry shifts in his stride, sticking to the firm’s stay-rich-plus mantra.
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On the money: If you stop performing, you don’t last long
Capital Generation Partners’ Ian Barnard looks at the pressures on fees and costs in the investment and wealth management world.
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Wealth Manager Profile: Mattioli’s Gibson embraces conviction in Asia Pacific
Mattioli Woods director Simon Gibson embraces the mantra of investing with conviction in these turbulent times of Trump, Brexit and stagnant global growth.
