Majority of IFAs cite multi-asset as choice retirement income vehicle
Multi-asset funds are favoured by more than half of IFAs as the retirement income vehicle of choice, a survey by Barings Asset Management has revealed.
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FSCS: Advisers liable for losses linked to Arck investments
The UK’s lifeboat scheme has ruled that failed financial advisers who gave bad advice to invest in property investment scheme Arck LLP are liable for losses.
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Paulson: Bond merger arbitrage and spotting potential takeover targets add alpha to M+A funds
Having a toolkit broader than pure arbitrage and pure spread deals can add alpha throughout the cycle for merger arbitrage funds, said Lawrence Jones, managing director and head of Paulson Asia, an affiliate of Schroders.
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Oil price slide fails to deter MENA stocks growth path
The collapse in oil prices and volatility in the emerging markets induced by China’s slowdown has hurt stocks in the Middle East but has not knocked the region’s major equity markets off their positive trajectory, said Amundi fund manager Remy Marcel.
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Hermes’ Williams gives four reasons to be cheerful ahead of Fed decision
Hermes chief economist Neil Williams has outlined four reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for growth assets ahead of next week’s decision on rates by the Federal Reserve.
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Protecting your property in the rate rise REITs wobble – Neuberger Berman
Impending interest rate hikes could see REITs experience a short-term wobble, says Neuberger Berman’s Gillian Tiltman, but will underpin global property’s upward trajectory.
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SHAM: Why I’m thinking big, stale biscuits and tickle sticks
Putting an end to any speculation, I’d like to officially rule myself out of the running as the new head of the FCA.
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Lowes Financial launches structured deal with 10% payout potential
Lowes Financial Management, in conjunction with Societe Generale and Mariana Capital, has launched a structured product based on the FTSE-100 index that offers investors the potential of a 10% annual return after three years.
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Dividend growth the key for changing Miton Income
The Miton Income Fund has changed somewhat since Bill Mott’s retirement in July last year, Eric Moore, the fund’s lead manager says, but it has been evolutionary, rather than revolutionary.
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Rising M&A activity can reverse fund’s fortunes – M&G’s Dobell
Increasing levels of M&A activity can reverse the fortunes of ‘dog fund’ M&G Recovery, according to manager Tom Dobell.
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JPMAM’s Eigen picks out ‘the good, bad and ugly’ in fixed income
Investors need to ‘redefine what constitutes value and safety’ and how to deploy capital into markets now changed by quantitative easing, according to JP Morgan Asset Management’s Bill Eigen.
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China to hit European stocks over medium term
S.W. Mitchell Capital’s Stuart Mitchell and Jamie Carter expect up to five years of continued underperformance from European stocks exposed to China and are holding firm with their underweight position.