Did investors get 2017 very wrong?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but looking at this year’s worst performing sectors and where investors have mostly been investing in 2017 may make depressing reading for some.
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Blackrock expands emerging market debt range
Blackrock has launched an emerging market short duration bond fund, designed to mitigate interest rate risk.
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Legg Mason renames global bond fund
Legg Mason has renamed the Western Asset Global Blue Chip Bond Fund to the Western Asset Short Duration Blue Chip Bond Fund.
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Multi-manager bucks trend and buys Woodford
The Share Centre’s multi-manager co-head Sheridan Admans is ignoring the noise around Neil Woodford’s short-term performance and upping his exposure to the mega manager’s equity income fund and Patient Capital trust.
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GAM retools alternative fixed income fund
GAM has announced that the Star Alternative Fixed Income fund will be renamed the Star Absolute Return Macro fund, following a change in the investment approach.
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Fund distributor brings blockchain to retail network
Global fund distributor Calastone has claimed it will be fully migrated onto a blockchain-enabled infrastructure by 2019.
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Skagen launches global activist equity fund
Skagen Funds has launched a global equity fund that invests in companies subject to activist campaigns.
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Are ETFs as cheap as they appear?
Some exchange traded funds (ETFs) are not as cheap as they first seem after research has revealed transaction fees taken as a percentage of funds’ assets can be as much as 500% of the quoted ongoing charge figure (OCF).
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Foresight looks to infrastructure for income
Foresight Group has launched a fund targeting a 5% annual income from investing in UK-listed renewable energy and infrastructure equities and bonds.
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BlackRock launches absolute return strategy
Fund giant BlackRock has launched an absolute return fund to tackle the “interesting times” investors are facing, it announced on Friday.
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Japanese funds dominate quiet November
Japan funds continued their strong performance into November, with the IA Japanese Smaller Companies and Japan sectors producing the strongest returns in an otherwise quiet month for markets.
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Stewart Investors reverses soft-close on £262m fund
The Stewart Investors Indian Subcontinent Fund has reopened to investors for the first time in five years today (Friday).
