PA ANALYSIS: Time for investors to run for the hills or be brave?
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.
While some have been keen to pronounce platforms to be ‘dead’ providers do not seem willing to throw in the towel and have launched a counter-attack.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has added a range of investment trusts and exchange-traded products to its FundsNetwork platform.
Kames has moved its portfolios from underweight to a neutral weighting in emerging markets equities and bonds, after distressed valuations presented a buying opportunity.
Momentum Global Investment Management has hired Richard Adams and Andy Pook to help drive the promotion of its multi-asset range in the North East and South West of England.
Aberdeen Asset Management, Fidelity Worldwide Investment, and Invesco Perpetual may be reconsidering their position as members of the Investment Association, reports indicated.
Worries that a hike in interest rate will impact real estate are based on nothing more than myth, according to Fidelity’s Dirk Philippa.
Following in the footsteps of Anthony Bolton was never going to be easy but, having wanted to be a fund manager from an early age, there is every reason to believe Fidelity Special Situations is in safe hands with Alex Wright
Jeremy Church, manager across a suite of Fidelity’s fixed income offerings, has left the firm, prompting Morningstar to immediately put under review the $1.2bn (£770m) Global Inflation Linked Bond fund.
In this week’s edition of Factor Five, Tilney Bestinvest’s Ben Seager-Scott picks the best routes into the increasingly challenging emerging markets spectrum.
The Fed should not raise interest rates now, says Fidelity’s Eugene Philalithis, but when they do it could throw up compelling opportunities in unloved asset classes.
There is trouble lurking for consumer-facing businesses in China, says Fidelity’s Nick Price, and investors must be diligent in this difficult environment.