Six of the best US ETFs
Passive funds have enjoyed a stellar time in the US as valuations ride higher and higher. Here, IG Group’s Oliver Smith looks at the six best ETFs to access booming US markets.
Passive funds have enjoyed a stellar time in the US as valuations ride higher and higher. Here, IG Group’s Oliver Smith looks at the six best ETFs to access booming US markets.
Fund sales in the global and corporate bond sector soared in June, suggesting a move to diversification and safety according to data from FundsNetwork. We list the best-selling sectors of the month here.
Europe has been among the most unexpected success stories for investors in the first half of 2017, but which funds have made the most of the opportunity on the continent?
Geopolitical risks are inherently difficult to predict, but here are some of the key issues GAM investment experts are watching in 2016.
Going head to head this week are the JPM Europe Dynamic Ex UK and SLI Continental European Equity Income funds.
In a follow-up to his article on why Asia is due a pick-up in investor sentiment, Graham O’Neill, investment director at Rayner Spencer Mills Research, takes a look at a selection of funds that offer access to the market.
With bond markets generally much closer to the end than the beginning of a multi-decade bull run and whole swathes of the sector now offering negative yields, many investors are finding it hard to justify allocating assets into the sector.
Once the ‘go to’ route to growth markets, some GEM funds are no longer, while a new generation of managers are betting on a resurgence in the asset class, according to Meera Hearnden, senior investment manager at Parmenion Investment Management.
The numerous headwinds that could easily buffet the European ex-UK sector during the next 12 months make the recovery seem fragile. But all is not lost.