Portfolio Adviser magazine

  • November 2023

    November 2023

    This month’s cover story is focused on fund manager turnover in the industry. What has sparked the recent spate of fund manager departures, how can a firm best execute and communicate a change in personnel and – most importantly for DFMs and fund selectors – what will the future cohort of managers look like? Portfolio…

  • October 2023

    October 2023

    As outlined in this month’s cover story, returning to work after an extended career break can be challenging for anybody – not just those working in asset management. However, there is one particular nuance of this sector which others don’t necessarily come up against – a performance track record. Funds are often selected for their…

  • September 2023

    September 2023

    It is very difficult to talk about the IA Targeted Absolute Return (TAR) sector without referencing the oncemighty Abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund (or Gars, to most) which, at various points over the years, has accounted for almost a third of the sector’s total assets. A few weeks ago, it hit the headlines that…

  • July / August 2023

    July / August 2023

    The idea of just what constitutes a properly diversified portfolio has evolved over recent decades to include ever more asset classes to sit alongside the traditional favourites of equities and bonds. Indeed, research a year or two back by BlackRock into the approach of US endowment funds – so often held out as paragons of…

  • June 2023

    June 2023

    It has been some time since UK equities were anywhere near the top of most investors’ wish lists. Indeed, with the UK All Companies sector emerging as the least-loved IA fund grouping in net sales terms in six out of the past 10 years, this trend was apparent even before Brexit or ‘Trussonomics’ entered the…

  • May 2023

    May 2023

    When Portfolio Adviser surveyed its readers a few years back on the types of private assets that most piqued their interest, the response, with a few exceptions, could be characterised as one giant shrug. Given what has happened in the intervening period – not least the dent in the reputation of that hitherto handy little…