Defensive wealth management industry pans for gold
Weakening dollar and shift in monetary policy fuel excitement for the precious metal
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Marlborough and Man GLG championed for sell strategies where most fall short
Equity managers revealed to be worse at selling stocks than randomly-generated alternative
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Advisers fear mis-selling allegations from ESG investors
Potential ‘greenwashing’ unsettles professional investors
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Global market turmoil sees UK investors seek sanctuary in EM
GEM equities enjoyed the largest rate of net buying among professional investors in Q4
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Where are fund groups focussing ESG efforts in 2019?
76% of investors now want the companies they hold to be responsible
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SL advice arm challenged over Gars holdings
Advisers query troubled fund’s presence across portfolios
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DFMs split on merits of a less chummy industry
Platforms and passives accused of severing relationships
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Rare equal-weight portfolios struggle to impress
The art of portfolio construction taken away from managers adopting equal-weighted funds
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Advised clients fail to jump on board as ETFs eclipse index funds
ETFs account for almost half of passive assets in Europe
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Multi-asset giants accused of creating share class confusion to appear cheap
AJ Bell CIO criticises ‘Easyjet’ pricing used by rival multi-asset groups
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Advisers about to be ‘tested to destruction’ on client portfolios
Market volatility and Mifid II fees disclosure set to put investments to the test
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DFMs argue investors face bigger risks than Brexit
Cash could be the wrong place to be on no deal
