Value can still be found in frontier market equities
Frontier equities have posted mediocre returns and fund selectors are reducing their allocations – but a few retain faith
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Multi-asset funds face domino effect from FCA liquidity rules
Ucits funds best placed to withstand FCA changes for property and infrastructure
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Bullish Republicans set to get burnt by Trump trade
US partisan politics is affecting equity allocations in retail portfolios
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Advisers shun DFMs to justify fees
Nearly a fifth of advisers say they would never consider outsourcing
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Ethical funds could defuse pensions ‘time bomb’
Gender pension gap is 40% for some generations
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ESG investors side with equities over bonds
But bond managers argue the approach is integral to identifying downside risks
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ESG investing needs an intelligence boost
Reducing the carbon footprint in a portfolio via ESG screening alone is a box ticking exercise
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Asset managers face legal heat over climate change
Pension funds urged to make climate risk measures public or face litigation
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Can any metric justify soaring tech valuations?
Valuation metrics for Tesla and Faang stocks split investors
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Emerging market managers reject selector pessimism
Only 26% of European fund selectors looking to buy GEM equity funds
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ETF valuations hit by index switch-up
More than 8% of S&P 500 re-classified due to new communications sector
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Labour employee share scheme slammed
Investors are concerned by its impact but objections to the scheme have been labelled “weak”
