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The funds industry has its fashions just like any other; if absolute return is yesterdays buzz term, then todays is multi-asset.
The funds industry has its fashions just like any other; if absolute return is yesterdays buzz term, then todays is multi-asset.
The second most-documented Bill Clinton quote is the one he used as his campaign slogan to defeat the incumbent President George Bush in the 1992 Presidential election: “It’s the economy, stupid”
So Crispin Odey plans to increase exposure to the US in his flagship hedge fund at the expense of Europe; but should investors follow his lead into North American equities?
As investment royalty he can probably get away with celebrating two birthdays and today Anthony Bolton’s latest fund officially becomes a toddler. Can he get Fidelity China Special Situations successfully through the teething stage?
Are you reading this on a smart phone? If so, you might like to know that Skandia has launched an app to help advisers assess a clients attitude to risk, while at the same time the FSA is making a fuss about what it sees as engaged consumers.
History has a way of repeating itself and yet we rarely learn from our mistakes. But while the first quarter of this year shaped up to be remarkably similar to 2011, will the rest of it follow suit?
It may have been first suggested nearly a decade ago, but Invesco Perpetual’s plans to build its own multi-manager proposition has been largely welcomed by other multi-asset investors.
Fancy a flutter this weekend? Well heres a tip for you… keep your eyes fixed on a dark horse, Europe.
It’s around now the big investment houses send out their asset allocation views for the next quarter and detail the changes they have made to portfolios. Who is doing what and do you agree with them?
There were plenty who warned of the false Q1 bull run, a period of unfounded hope and promise heralded in by the ‘new year, new you, new world’ mentality.
While money flows from investors point to fixed income assets, a value-for-money argument shows equities offer the greater opportunities.
Maybe the North Sea Elgin leak has inspired you to invest in natural gas; the hosepipe ban has got you thinking about water; or Easter comes with a new venture into cocoa. Whatever the commodity, theres an ETP for it.