When pension freedom was introduced by the government three years ago soundbites flew around about individuals splurging their lifetime savings on flash sports cars or buying second homes to fund their twilight years.
Environmental funds are blaming poor data on holding companies for their inability to report on environmental impact as the industry’s methodology for measuring green credentials throws up mixed results.
The opening of the China A-shares market to foreign investors provides a window for China-focused funds to push ESG criteria into greater prominence in the world’s second largest economy.
To navigate the hazards of the bond markets, one fund manager looks to US and emerging market debt for value while a fund selector finds opportunity in alternative fixed income.
Investment managers are positioned for long-term weakness in the US dollar, sticking by emerging markets, despite recent strength in the currency.
UK equities could be a beneficiary of Spanish and Italian political turmoil, despite investors playing down existential risk to the European Union from the peripheral economies.
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) changes that allow asset managers to more easily switch investors between share classes could still see a minority of investors refusing to budge.
The chairman of Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income has said the investment trust is facing a “self-interested onslaught” from Invesco Perpetual and has called for the asset management giant to drop its actions to oust him.
Has LGIM struck a blow for equality with its Girl fund and maybe more importantly, will advisers respond?
The rather shocking news that broke earlier this week was that the number of DB pension transfers reached £20.8bn in 2017 prompting questions about where the money is ending up and whether many transfers are suitable.
Several shareholders, including Nick Train, have intimated they will reject Unilever’s plans to move its headquarters to the Netherlands until they get answers from the consumer goods giant on why they should forfeit their plc shares.
The FTSE 100 hit an all-time high this week and long-held bearish sentiment towards UK equities appears to be turning, but can wealth managers see domestic stock market opportunities through the fog of a poorly-performing economy?
