Why ‘Sell in May’ makes more sense this year
Sell in May is a hackneyed notion thats bandied around as every spring dawns, but UK political uncertainty spells a special case for caution this year.
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Taking advantage of central banker Miton
The active management of asset prices by central bankers is likely to remain a dominant feature of 2015, said Miton multi-asset head David Jane.
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Man GLG launches European mid-cap fund
Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has launched the Man GLG European Mid-Cap Equity Alternative Fund, managed by Moni Sternbach.
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LGIM bulks up EM fixed income team
Legal & General Investment Management has made a double hire to its dedicated emerging markets fixed income team headed by Uday Patnaik.
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Corams Gray hiding in plain sight
There are not too many places to hide at the moment says Coram Asset Managements Martin Gray.
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Victors emerging in the oil price war
Oil prices have been central to market discussion in the past six months, but is the current weakness a short or long-term correction?
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CBI says UK growth will gather momentum
UK economic growth held steady in the three months to March and is expected to gather momentum over the next quarter, according to the CBIs latest Growth Indicator.
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Dividend yields driving diminishing
A dividend yield of 4% or more has been the major driver of investment trust prices since the financial crisis new research by Cantor Fitzgerald shows.
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Nows not the time to fight central banks
Investors cant afford to ignore the fact that central bankers’ actions have translated into asset inflation, argues JP Morgan CIO Robert Michele
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IFA demand helps ETFs steam ahead
A growing trend by financial advisers to use European Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to build specialised portfolios is helping boost demand for the product which marks its 15th anniversary later this month.
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The five biggest risks to your portfolio
Equity investors have by and large emerged unscathed from the first quarter, still bonds and commodities have suffered, and there are bigger risks facing portfolios going in to Q2.
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Italy and tech biggest small cap winners
Italian and tech companies made the biggest share price gains among European small caps during March, according to Euromoney Indices.