The improving economic outlook in the euro area has prompted the European Central Bank to consider reining in its monetary stimulus. How should investors respond to the prospect of monetary tightening in Europe?
With melting ice caps and dwindling fossil fuel reserves, it’s easy to see why some £87bn of assets have been funnelled into ethical and sustainable funds – but how wary should investors be when opting to put money into these strategies?
A heck of a lot can happen in 10 years, but not it seems when it comes to the Bank of England’s base rate.
There are no particularly nasty surprises in this week’s FCA fee policy statement though it has confirmed above inflation fee rises with bills due to arrive on doormats later this month.
UK income investors are on alert after research revealed that dividend cover for companies listed in the FTSE 350 has fallen 18% in the past year, hitting its lowest level for seven years.
This week’s ‘final’ report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s Asset Management Market Study has left a key area open to further debate.
It turns out Mark Carney is a man for turning after all, and it’s about time the bank governor realised the time has come to change tack with the UK economy.
The Financial Conduct Authority’s long-awaited final report on the asset management sector will have disappointed many expecting an overhaul of the entire market.
Huge falls in the price of oil have not been enough to convince some asset allocators and managers that now is the time to get back into the asset class.
Passive rivals have forced active managers to focus more on fees than ever before. But are active managers biting off more than they can chew by getting into smart beta?
It has been exactly a year since the UK electorate voted for Brexit and made what one British fund manager recently termed, “a huge strategic error of the like the country hasn’t experienced in maybe a century”.
India’s Nifty 50 index has been steadily climbing this year, hitting an all-time high of 9,675 earlier this month, but can it breach the 10,000 barrier?
