Have passives become passé?
Is recent slowdown in demand for tracker funds part of the usual ebb and flow or does it signal a more permanent shift?
Is recent slowdown in demand for tracker funds part of the usual ebb and flow or does it signal a more permanent shift?
But aversion to FTSE 100 names means the Chelverton UK Equity Income Fund has taken a bruising of late
How fund group distribution bosses are thinking about asset classes, strategies and working with clients over the year ahead
Fund managers must keep an open mind to change and appreciate fully the grave responsibility entrusted to them by clients
This year may have had investors questioning the role of bonds in a portfolio but, looking ahead, there are positives
Investors would be forgiven for thinking there is nowhere safe to turn – but it’s not all doom and gloom
Paul O’Connor of Janus Henderson and T Rowe Price’s Eric Papesh give their views on the prospects for American assets
As a low beta, defensive asset class its attractions are not new
Or do recent outflows suggest the asset class is ‘collateral damage’ in the rush to passive fixed income?
At its lows, it was down by slightly more than 10%, the fourth largest drop of the past three decades
UK stocks are down 4.3% this year but their sustainable peers have dropped 11.4%
At the end of a tough few months, the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company Kermitted Asset Management turns to the back pages in search of a little light relief