Asset allocator: The risk factor
Franklin Templeton Solutions vice-president Matthias Hoppe drills down on the risks and rewards of asset classes and the importance of diversification.
ANALYSIS: Negative rates raise the stakes for getting it wrong
The Swedish central bank’s surprise announcement that it has pushed interest rates further into negative territory is the latest piece in what is an increasingly worrying puzzle.
OMW lifestyle trust targets growing IHT market
As HMRC remains focused on new rules for inheritance tax and trusts, Old Mutual Wealth has responded to calls for greater IHT flexibility with its newly launched lifestyle trust.
Emerging Markets | 11 Feb 16
Emerging markets: Three regions on the radar
Georgina Hellyer, portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, outlines the three hottest EM areas investors should be looking at right now.
Sun Life revenue falls, confirms US wealth business closure
Net revenue was down by a quarter at Canada’s third largest insurer by assets, Sun Life Financial, during the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. The company also incurred a C$63m (£31.1m, $45.3m, €40.2m) restructuring cost related to the closure of its US wealth business.