High valuations are not an indication that equity markets will continue their upward trend in 2018 and investors should focus on trends instead, believes Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, CIO of NN Investment Partners.
While lacking in headline grabbing announcements, Architas investment director Adrian Lowcock has identified three funds which are set to benefit from Wednesday’s budget.
Shares across Britain’s biggest housebuilders were hit in the wake of Philip Hammond’s threat to crack down on the developer practice of “land banking.”
A long-term strategy for the asset management industry was among the raft of measures announced in Wednesday’s budget, alongside news of slowing growth, slashed Stamp Duty and an extra £3bn in the Brexit pot.
Charles Stanley has warned that without an increase in trading activity or other revenue, it is unlikely to meet its market expectations for 2017.
Janet Yellen has decided to step down as a member of the Federal Reserve board once her successor Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell becomes chairman.
Most asset managers will offer ETFs in the next five years, according to two-thirds of respondents to an EY survey.
Global dividends grew at their fastest rate for more than three years in the third quarter of 2017, with the UK putting in the strongest performance, according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index.
A sell-off in junk-bonds last week has led to a jump in volatility across most global markets, with Europe seeing its biggest gain since September.
The total value of trading over the two Mainland-Hong Kong Stock Connect schemes since the launch of the Shanghai link three years ago has surpassed $1trn.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is proposing to dispose of all its holdings in oil and gas stocks to “make the government’s wealth less vulnerable to a permanent drop in oil and gas prices,” the fund announced in a letter to Norway’s ministry of finance.
Kleinwort Hambros chief investment officer (CIO) Mouhammed Choukeir has argued the “bull market can continue to grind higher”.
