Investment
Investment | 12 Apr 18
Absolute return performs like majority with Q1 losses
Absolute return joined the majority of Investment Association (IA) sectors that failed to deliver positive returns in Q1, with only five sectors making investors money over the period, according to BMO Global Asset Management.
China quadruples mainland-Hong Kong trading scheme quotas
China’s securities regulator has announced a four-fold increase in the daily trading quotas for Stock Connect, the programme that links the Shanghai and Shenzen stock exchanges with their Hong Kong counterpart.
Investment | 11 Apr 18
Equity volatility hits Artemis and Invesco bond funds
Sterling Strategic Bond funds with large allocations to equities have fallen from top to bottom quartile in the year to date, coinciding with volatility returning to stock markets after a buoyant 2017.
Fidelity steps up passives price war
Fidelity International has stepped up the passives price war with the launch of six low cost cross-border equity index funds and the reduction of pricing on three existing UK-domiciled index funds.
Time to be bullish or bearish on tech?
Technology stocks have recently come under significant pressure, dragged down by the sharp fall in the Faangs. But is the sector in a bubble that is about to burst or just going through a healthy correction?