Hargreaves highs boost Lindsell Train
Hargreaves Lansdown is one of four stocks that delivered double-digit returns in three portfolios managed by Nick Train, while co-founder Stephen Lansdown has also benefited from its soaring share price.
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UK shows resilience two years after referendum
It’s two years since the British public narrowly voted to leave the EU, but there is still a lot of uncertainty over the country’s future. This is normally bad news for markets, but four investors believe UK assets have remained remarkably resilient.
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BoE rate decision reveals surprise hawk
The Bank of England (BoE) has held interest rates at 0.5% but the central bank’s chief economist has surprised markets by siding with the hawks at the latest monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting.
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Multi-asset boutique increases European exposure
Boutique asset manager Kestrel Investment Partners is increasing exposure to Europe’s financial, telecom and pharmaceutical sectors on the back of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing (QE) decision.
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Saudi Arabia added to the MSCI EM index
Saudi Arabia has been upgraded by index provider MSCI to its emerging market index, alongside Argentina, which has re-entered the index after being dropped in 2009.
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Six investors on the safety status of govvies
Duration and inflation risk are raising questions about whether government bonds can continue to be viewed as safe haven assets in the current market environment.
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Franklin Templeton expands active ETF range
Franklin Templeton is introducing two actively-managed fixed income ETFs in Europe.
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Coco fund offers bond diversification
Contingent convertible (coco) bonds carry conversion risk but promise high yield with low volatility and diversification, according to Lloyd Harris, fixed income fund manager at Old Mutual Global Investors.
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Woodford boosted by soaring healthcare stock
A Neil Woodford-backed healthcare stock climbed 114% on Tuesday.
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LGIM targets 10% growth over medium term
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is expecting to deliver operating profit growth of between 8% to 10% per annum over the medium term.
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Goldman Sachs offers US Smaller Cap Equity Portfolio
The portfolio is a new sub-fund of the Ucits-qualifying Luxembourg-domiciled Goldman Sachs Funds Sicav.
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Intrinsic to compensate client for pension transfer charges
Intrinsic Financial Planning has been ordered by the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to compensate a client who says he was not aware of the charges that were applied to his pension on transfer.
