Investment | 31 Aug 17
Rising advisory costs eat away at fund managers’ margins
Asset managers are seeing their margins being eroded because remuneration paid to fund managers and analysts is rising while overall management fees are coming down, research has found.
Investment | 18 Aug 17
Preparing for a market correction – hedge or diversify?
The bulls and bears are out in force, divided over the prospect of a market correction in the near future, but is it wise to hedge equity exposure or is good old-fashioned diversification the way to go?
Fixed Income | 11 Aug 17
Inflation-linked bonds attractive despite uncertain outlook
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.
Fixed Income | 28 Jul 17
Bond investors sleepwalking into duration risk
Two asset managers have warned that bond investors, particularly those in passive vehicles, are too exposed to duration risk without realising it.
Best Practice | 28 Jul 17
Bigger IHT haul signals a more aggressive HMRC
The IHT take has risen dramatically in the UK over the last two years leading insurer NFU Mutual to warn that HM Revenue & Customs may be getting more aggressive with estates, despite the introduction of a new nil rate residence band.