Global risk appetite continues upward trajectory
European investor confidence grew modestly in February, while confidence in Asia has fallen in the past month, figures from the latest State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) show.
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Risk appetite remains
UK investors are still hungry for risk despite significant fear of economic uncertainty in the eurozone and the possibility of a triple dip recession at home, according to a survey conducted by Unbiased.co.uk.
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aquila capital targets risk parity bond strategy
Aquila Capital has announced its intention to launch a Risk Parity Bond Strategy for investors looking to diversify and counterbalance their exiting fixed income exposures.
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fsa uses trusted secret weapon to supervise advice
The Financial Services Authority has deployed mystery shoppers for the first time since investigating PPI mis-selling in 2008, as it strived to judge the suitability of high street investment advice in the run up to RDR.
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advisers top eight funds for balanced
In the final of our three part series on advisers’ top funds across the risk spectrum, we take a look at the most-favoured funds for balanced investors.
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risk-rating shortcuts by fund groups
The practice of asset managers retrospectively risk-rating funds has led to widespread industry confusion and could lead to an era of systemic mis-selling by financial advisers, Allianz Global Investors has warned.
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Risk asset rally goes against the grain
This years rally in risk assets looks to be an aberration when compared to respective performances since the start of the global financial crisis in 2007, according to Deloittes chief economist in the UK Ian Stewart.
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advisers guilty of risk profile fudging
Advisers have taken risk off the table across all categories in the past six months, leading to a convergence of cautious, balance and aggressive recommendations, according to FE.
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time to ditch safe havens and take on risk
The real encouraging sign from 2011 is that liquid gold outperformed metal gold, remarked Lindsell Trains co-founder Nick Train to me earlier this week. What was he talking about?
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pimco head warns of three investment rs
Investors should increasingly be wary of the three “Rs” impacting investment outcomes today and in the near future – recession, repression and risk – according to Marc Seidner, managing director at Pimco.
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apollo expands its risk-rated fund offering
Apollo Multi Asset Management has had two more of its funds risk-profiled by Distribution Technology, taking the total range to four funds.
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majority of private investors bullish for 2012
The majority of UK private investors consider their risk profile to be adventurous or aggressive, despite the continuing eurozone crisis and downgraded global growth forecasts.
