PA ANALYSIS: Currency to play greater role in portfolio returns
ETF Securities has reported a three-fold increase in ‘retail’ investors looking to hedge their currency exposure since the start of the year.
Sterling
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PA ANALYSIS: Sterling strength a wildcard in rate debate
Sterling fell the most in two weeks on Thursday following the news that only one member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee had voted to raise rates this month.
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Constrained fund completes kames ar global bond line up
Kames Capital has launched a fixed income Constrained strategy for Euan McNeil, rolled out alongside its previously reported Absolute Return Bond Global Fund.
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Sterling five year low a push over the edge
Sterlings fall to a five-year low against the dollar on Friday following the release of weak UK economic data was merely a push over the edge, says Hargreaves Lansdowns Laith Khalaf.
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Longterm threats lurk
With the nation now aware of how a Conservative government would spend its money following George Osborne’s Budget announcement on Wednesday, attention turns to May 7 when the UK goes to the polls in what is one of the hardest elections to call in recent memory
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Euro hedging tops agenda
With savvy Brits seeing euro weakness as the perfect excuse to book their next city break, wealth managers are faced with a dilemma do they hedge, and if so how do they do it?
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Political uncertainty will halt sterling rise
The vote for Scottish independence and next year’s general election are set to diminish sterling strength, which could in turn be a boon for markets, according to OMGI’s Richard Buxton.
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Too complacent on the UK recovery
The OBR is widely expected to revise up its UK growth predictions in Thursday’s Autumn Statement, but are bullish investors too complacent about Britain’s recovery?
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dollar strength a boon and a challenge
Sterling suffered a little bit at the end of last week as a result of trade balance figures showing the deficit had widened along with strong US labour data.
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smart investors moves after uk downgrade
So George Osborne has been stripped of his prefect’s badge and told to brush up on his maths skills. What he, and the coalition government, chooses to do now is anyone’s guess. The path for investors is at last clear though…
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Equities rise as sterling plummets
The UK equity market is outpacing its European counterparts, and could continue doing so despite on-going currency woes according to the chief investment officer at Coutts.
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Highbridge adds sterling hedged share class to fund
Highbridge Capital Management has added a sterling hedged share class to its new commodities fund.