Markets are in a ‘troubling, bifurcated state’ and there is no such thing as a ‘silver bullet’ in terms of the bond liquidity problem, warned Gill Hutchison, head of investment research at City Financial.
City Financial has put the future of its Defensive Global Bond fund under review following the departure of the group’s head of fixed income Graham Glass.
Extreme stimulus measures are likely to be deployed in China to contain the country’s credit issues, says Mark Harris, head of multi-asset at City Financial.
A weakened dollar will be a boon for commodities, despite ever present deflationary threats in the global economy, according to City Financial’s Mark Harris.
The second half of 2015 promises to be very different from the first, says Mark Harris, head of multi-asset at City Financial, which is some welcome good news for unloved emerging markets and commodities.
However you vote today, it is the direction of sterling – more so than markets – that could cause investors most concern over the coming weeks.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment is acquiring the City Financial UK Opportunities Fund.
Leigh Himsworth, head of UK equities at City Financial, is to join Fidelity to work alongside ex-colleague Dan Roberts, Portfolio Adviser understands.
With 30 years of industry experience, City Financial will look to Coombe to help launch and develop the groups expansion.
The Adviser Centre lets advisers 'peer through its window' of investment research to help build their centralised investment propositions.
As the proliferation of rating agencies gathers pace, with FE the latest entrant in the risk-targeted space, key UK fund selectors are undoubtedly being courted by both agencies and fund groups in need of their advocacy and business, respectively.
Iveagh's UCITS business will be transferred to City Financial.
