Wealth managers losing faith in equities, survey finds
Wealth managers and financial advisers are losing faith in equities according to a new survey from Royal London Asset Management.
Asset Allocation
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Rathbones sticks with risk assets as investors overreact
Rathbones has said it continues to favour risk assets including an overweight to United States equities despite recent volatility, due to a belief that investors are overreacting to negative news headlines.
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French balanced funds strongly outperformed global peers in 2015 – Natixis
French asset allocators significantly outperformed their global peers in 2015, while UK managers came in second, new research by Natixis Global Asset Management shows.
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The bull and bear case for Chinese equities
Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has a base case of 0% returns for China equities in 2016.
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Schroders’ Brookes warns on property valuations, bond market liquidity
Property valuations are close to if not at peaks in the view of Schroders head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes.
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Asset Allocator: UBS Wealth’s James Mulford
James Mulford made his move to UBS Wealth Management from Barclays Wealth in perhaps the most pivotal year in the recent history of financial markets, 2007.
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PA ANALYSIS: Are emerging markets at rock bottom?
Emerging markets may look cheap relative to their history, but investors have been slow to call the nadir while there remains no obvious sign of economic improvement.
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Kames shifts EM positioning
Kames has moved its portfolios from underweight to a neutral weighting in emerging markets equities and bonds, after distressed valuations presented a buying opportunity.
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SHAM: All dolled up for a real alternative investment
It’s all about the battle of the hairdos, apparently. Yes, Just Collecting’s Barbie Index has cast a light on where investors really should be doling out their plastic this summer.
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How to move from fund to wealth management
Jumping from long-only fund management to private client wealth management is not for the fainthearted but Cornelian’s Hector Kilpatrick relishes the adaptability such role provides.
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Institutional investors focus on multi-asset as risk turns back on
Institutional investors continue to favour multi-asset strategies as a way of balancing risk and return a new survey by NN Investment Partners shows.
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Americans like it stupid, for europeans smart is beta
While standard index-trackers are more widely used in the US than in Europe, the opposite is true for so-called smart beta strategies, according to a survey conducted by the asset manager FTSE Russell among mainly institutional investors.