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.
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PA ANALYSIS: Will ETFs and trusts breathe new life into platforms?
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.
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Fidelity adds trusts, ETPs to FundsNetwork
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has added a range of investment trusts and exchange-traded products to its FundsNetwork platform.
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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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Momentum strengthens UK retail team with two hires
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.
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Aberdeen, Fidelity, and Invesco reportedly considering IA exit
Aberdeen Asset Management, Fidelity Worldwide Investment, and Invesco Perpetual may be reconsidering their position as members of the Investment Association, reports indicated.
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Rate hike ramifications for REITs are nothing more than myth – Fidelity
Worries that a hike in interest rate will impact real estate are based on nothing more than myth, according to Fidelity’s Dirk Philippa.
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Fund manager profile: Fidelity’s Alex Wright
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
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Global bond manager Church leaves Fidelity
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.
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FACTOR FIVE: Ways to play EM arrested development
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.
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Late Fed rate rise set to open up EMD opportunities – Fidelity
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.
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Trouble ahead for the Chinese consumer – Fidelity
There is trouble lurking for consumer-facing businesses in China, says Fidelity’s Nick Price, and investors must be diligent in this difficult environment.