12/16/2015
In this video interview, Andrew Summers, head of fund selection at Investec Wealth & Investment, talks about his fondness of funds with a strong manager at the helm.
12/15/2015
Year on year there are stories and pessimists forecasting the demise of the trust industry. British newspapers like to portray Guernsey trustees as the facilitators of “suspect” tax planning. But what is the reality?
12/15/2015
Markets and investors are worried about the growth outlook for emerging markets, particularly China. According to Roland Morris, Van Eck Global’s Commodity Strategist
12/14/2015
I find it faintly foolish that the main index that is quoted to us every night is one that has only the vaguest connection with the country it is purported to reflect or represent.
12/14/2015
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away The Beatles, 1965
12/14/2015
There was a time when fashion and technology were two incompatible worlds
12/14/2015
AMP Capital expects global investor demand for real assets to continue to strengthen in 2016, with a number of themes set to influence the sector.
12/14/2015
A revision in Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) data last week tallies with our own positive ‘top down’ view on Japanese equities, highlighted in our Investment Outlook 2016, which was released last week.
12/14/2015
Which four letter word still has an amazing capacity to cause offence, anxiety and aggravation ? In the world of investment, that word would have to be R-I-S-K.
12/14/2015
It may be too late for most institutional investors to avoid taking a bath on their fossil fuel portfolios.
12/11/2015
Gamble’s stint at Credit Suisse lasted a full seven years before he moved to Deutsche Bank in 2010.
12/11/2015
Today Robin Parbook shares his 2016 outlook for Asia ex Japan Equities and explains why his preferred areas for investment are companies with strong cash flows and, in this low earnings growth environment, low cost producers that also have a flexible cost
12/10/2015
The Federal Reserve appears ready to raise interest rates next week. Bond investors fear that could pummel their portfolios. We’re not so sure—and we think moving to the sidelines now is a bad idea.
12/09/2015
Generation Z: a Zeitgeist of Zombies? by Toby Birch
Much effort is expended by marketing companies to deduce the needs and desires of each generation. In doing so their advertising methods and content can be channelled and targeted accordingly.
12/09/2015
Schroders
12/09/2015
John Looby, Portfolio Manager with the Dublin-based asset management boutique Kleinwort Benson Investors, has highlighted the dangers of constructing concentrated portfolios in the Small Cap space, and the benefits of building a dividend oriented exposure
12/09/2015
The observation from Nigel Green, the founder and CEO of deVere Group, comes after the U.S. Republican presidential candidate sparked worldwide controversy by announcing he wants to ban Muslims entering the United States.
12/09/2015
Impact of digital technology and price pressures
12/08/2015
In a world of exceptionally low inflation and interest rates, Bordier (UK) believes return expectations need to be moderated, even for the most adventurous of investment strategies.
12/08/2015
The Lone Ranger - Janet Yellen