UK Property not for the faint-hearted
Volatile and risky, the UK commercial property market a tricky asset to manage, but it’s not without its opportunities.
Volatile and risky, the UK commercial property market a tricky asset to manage, but it’s not without its opportunities.
The Permira Funds business has completed its acquisition of Bestinvest.
With the turning speed of a cruise ship, the intermediary side of our investment industry is shifting to become a genuinely investor-focussed one and the merger of Bestinvest’s business with Tilney Investment Management is a great demonstration of exactly how this is progressing.
The latest in a series of pricing model announcements, Bestinvest charges fees operating on the same pricing structure.
Deutsche Bank was the only leading European ETF provider to see net outflows in 2013 so has high hopes on its new physically-backed China ETF.
Investors taking a summer holiday from the market last year would have missed out on returns of 4%, while summer sell-offs and their resulting slumps have been few and far between over the longer term, according to Bestinvest research.
Given the low interest rate/low bond yield environment, Rob Harley argues that the fixed income strategies we have seen so much of recently coule be in for a torrid ride.
The number of ‘dog funds’ on Bestinvest’s infamous Spot the Dog report has almost halved since the company’s summer 2012 issue, although £12bn worth of client money is still in funds that have “consistently and significantly underperformed”.
Adrian Lowcock is to depart Bestinvest after nearly a decade with the firm to join competitor Hargreaves Lansdown.
Analysis from Bestinvest shows that investors moved to and stayed in more defensive assets during May and June as confidence waned and uncertainty returned.
Adrian Lowcock asks the ‘scarcity’ question for thematic investors willing to take on volatility.
Adrian Lowcock explains why his firm is moving investors out of equities and into absolute returns.