Brooks Macdonald has strengthened its Hampshire-based investment team with the appointment of Jennifer Carter and Johnathon Rivers as investment managers, while reiterating its bearish stance on UK domestic stocks.
This time it really could be different for markets according to Miton’s multi-asset manager David Jane, who argues investors are in for long-periods of low volatility rather than boom and bust.
Stock markets have become overly sensitive to profit warnings from UK domestic companies and overseas earners, argues Invesco Perpetual’s Mark Barnett, but many of these firms are in much better shape than investors give them credit for.
The City will remain prosperous even after the initial shock of Brexit according to a report commissioned by Woodford Investment Management.
An upward trend in interest rates does not automatically equate to negative bond returns, despite the commonly-held market belief that it does, Blackrock has argued.
Investors have questioned whether it’s time to celebrate after a key European index closed at near-record highs in October.
US President Donald Trump has been a drag on corporate America and fund managers cleaning up their ESG act, Edentree’s David Osfield has said.
The scale of tax avoidance by the UK’s wealthiest is under the spotlight once again after leaked documents revealed even the Queen holds millions of pounds of assets in offshore funds.
Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell will replace Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve.
Big macro calls on asset allocation could be a fool’s errand as the UK economy and markets enter a prolonged period of stability, according to Kames’ Stephen Snowden.
Hawksmoor Investment Management is warning against investing in the Alternative Investment Market’s (Aim) five largest companies, which it has dubbed the ‘AbFab’ stocks.
Despite adopting a cautious approach to risk, UK investors expect to generate an average 8.7% return on investments over the next five years, according to the Schroders Global Investor Study.
