David Vickers: We dialled down risk just before we learnt about Covid-19
Aussie bonds and convertibles help the Russell Investments Mags range during the worst of the pandemic
Coronavirus
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Are fund manager M&A deals in line for a Covid kick?
Healthy balance sheets and a flexible cost base leave asset managers well placed to weather a downturn
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UK unemployment figures ‘frightening’ with worse to come from end of furlough
Mass redundancies from Boots, Rolls Royce and others are not included in the June figures
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Covid vaccine and rising inflation could provide a cure for flatlining value
‘These valuations for growth stocks are not normal during a recession’
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Baillie Gifford’s UK arm rakes in higher profits as group wide assets tumble from coronavirus hit
Assets across the wider group shrank by £21bn during Q1 2020
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‘Resist the urge always to use email’: WFH – with Square Mile’s Richard Romer-Lee
Continuing our regular series of how investment experts are dealing with the coronavirus fallout
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How the UK advice sector could take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s youth employment incentives
The £2bn kickstart scheme will subsidise wages of young people who are at risk of unemployment
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Worst performing funds of H1 2020: Which asset manager underperformed Woodford’s former fund?
UK equity and energy funds sink to the bottom during one of the most volatile periods on record
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European funds more unloved than absolute return as outflows hit £500m
IA Europe ex-UK overtakes IA Targeted Absolute Return as the worst-selling sector in May
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Thematic funds make their case in pandemic-hit markets
Pictet and Allianz argue thematic funds can be used as core holdings
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: BoE reveals UK was close to going bust and swarms head to beaches amid heatwave
Five investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
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UK property funds stand by office allocations as corporates warn of coronavirus rethink
Lloyds, Barclays and WPP among companies pledging to reduce office footprints with more remote working