Technology

  • Time to be bullish or bearish on tech?

    Time to be bullish or bearish on tech?

    Technology stocks have recently come under significant pressure, dragged down by the sharp fall in Faang stocks. But is the sector in a bubble that is about to burst or just going through a healthy correction?

  • Seneca adds underperforming EM fund to growth portfolio

    Seneca adds underperforming EM fund to growth portfolio

    Seneca Investment Managers has added an underperforming global emerging markets (EM) equity fund to its diversified growth portfolio.

  • VCT managers beef out tech teams

    VCT managers beef out tech teams

    VCT managers are beefing out their tech teams as the scheme refocuses on earlier stage businesses.

  • Managers clash over the prospects for tech

    Managers clash over the prospects for tech

    Having led much of the global equity market equity rally in 2017, managers are at odds over the prospects for technology stocks in 2018.

  • Symvan launches seed investment fund for UK tech start ups

    Symvan launches seed investment fund for UK tech start ups

    Symvan Capital is targeting wealth managers with the launch of its third Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme fund for tax-efficient investing in UK startups.

  • Artificial intelligence: fad or future?

    Artificial intelligence: fad or future?

    Commercial applications for artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are on the rise, but is the sector offering very real investment potential or is it still the stuff of science fiction?

  • Could rising technology spark low inflation?

    Could rising technology spark low inflation?

    Rathbones has ranked technology as the second most-likely cause of low inflation in the UK over the next 20 years, just behind Bank of England monetary policy as the first.

  • Embark platform set to ‘disrupt market’

    Embark platform set to ‘disrupt market’

    Embark Group is “set to materially disrupt” the current market with the launch of its open architecture platform.

  • Big tech propels Scottish Mortgage outperformance

    Big tech propels Scottish Mortgage outperformance

    Strong rises in the share prices of Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu in the last six months have boosted the performance of the £6.3bn Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, according to its latest results.

  • Tech tops returns in October, while gold bottoms

    Tech tops returns in October, while gold bottoms

    Investors in technology funds enjoyed strong returns in October, while four of the worst performing funds in the month were gold invested.

  • Axa IM launches digital economy fund

    Axa IM launches digital economy fund

    Axa Investment Managers has launched an equity fund that invests in companies benefiting from the switch to a digital economy.

  • ‘Do or die’: Asset managers urged to embrace tech

    ‘Do or die’: Asset managers urged to embrace tech

    Asset managers must embrace technological developments that will drive exponential change in the industry or risk missing out on growth, according to a PwC report.