Top income funds fall from grace after uncertainty prompts ‘dramatic shakeup’
Sustained economic uncertainty has altered the pecking order in the UK equity income sector, booting eight funds from Sanlam Private Wealth’s bracket of top performers.
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Double-take: Gold funds
George Cheveley, manager of the Investec Global Gold Fund details his structured, two-pronged approach, while Ani Markova, head of the Smith & Williamson Global Gold Fund, describes her fund’s long-term strategy and Chelsea Financial Services MD Darius McDermott offers a neutral viewpoint.
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Wealth manager profile: Smith & Williamson’s Chris Kenny
Offering a truly tailored investment proposition is becoming increasingly difficult to get right but Smith & Williamson’s collegiate, collective approach seems a winning formula.
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PA ANALYSIS: Will rate hike and loan rise be a chance for the challengers?
With business lending set to increase and a rate rise looming, will this window of opportunity for UK challenger banks be something investors can tap into?
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Consumer spending set to suffer as UK rates rise
UK investors with consumer spending exposure are enjoying their time in the sun now, says Smith & Williamson’s Mark Boucher, but will have to look at paring back as the interest rate rise looms.
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Smith & Williamson’s Burns snaps up more UK exposure
Smith & Williamson has this week upped its UK equities weighting and may add further to it in the coming weeks, head of multi-manager at the firm James Burns said.
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Smith & williamson poaches pictet pair
Smith & Williamson Investment Management has boosted its global and US equity offering with the recruitment of two senior fund managers.
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PA ANALYSIS: Central banks upping stakes in high risk poker game
As the Federal Reserve issues its latest round of riddles for the market to decipher it is becoming increasingly clear that central banks are becoming reactive drivers of volatility rather than the calm, cerebral stewards of the world economy.
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Smith & Williamson IM adds an associate director
Smith & Williamson Investment Management has appointed Lucy Mitchell as an associate director.
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PA ANALYIS: UK offers reminder not to put too much stock in GDP
The United Kingdom gross domestic product numbers published yesterday provided a timely reminder that headline GDP figures are at best a rough guide to the health of an economy and at worst deceptive.
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Consumer services the key focus amid election noise
Recent pre-election uncertainty is all about protection, says Smith & Williamson’s Mark Boucher, but consumer discretionary spending will carry on regardless.
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Stock valuations may have hit 2015 peak
The UK stock market may have gone up too fast, too soon, according to Smith & Williamson’s Tineke Frikkee.
