Global equity income funds have been among the strongest sellers this year, but with the thirst for yield obviously still intact it's odd that a portfolio mainstay, UK equity income funds, have fallen so far out of favour.
The number of UK-based investment professionals who feel corporate bonds are overpriced has doubled in the past year.
A new investment boutique has launched in the UK market which will offer a range of structured products charging an upfront fee on purchase.
Yesterday was our Fund Awards and very well done to all the winners; though as the pendulum swings back towards a stockpicker’s market, it’s clear that managers can struggle as much as anyone to get the macro calls right.
UK property fund investors have lost an average 11.4% over the past five years, according to a study conducted by Castle Trust.
The UK’s negative Q4 GDP results received a mixed response from asset management firms today, with some calling a triple-dip recession later this year while others said such interpretations were misleading.
Manager of the CF Miton Diversified Growth Fund, Simon Callow, has taken five new equity positions in the fund sending it into overweight territory in the asset class.
The UK will no longer be one of the world’s tenth largest economies in less than 40 years, according to estimates by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Financial advisers are divided on how they expect the UK economy to perform over the course of 2013 but most fear stubbornly low growth, new research has found.
The UK’s service sector has contracted for the first time in two years, adding to concerns that the economy is heading into triple-dip recession, a closely watched survey shows.
The UK economy is likely to falter further throughout the coming year, leading think tanks have warned.
The UK economy grew by less than originally thought in the third quarter of the year, according to revisions to official data.
