Global whisky investors’ £10k habit

Whisky investors are spending on average £10,000 a year on rare malts and amassing collections worth £75m, according to a world wide survey.

Alternatives | 19 Dec 17

How 2017 was a record breaker for investment trusts

Secondary fundraising within investment trusts hit an all-time high of £6bn in 2017, up £1bn on last year, according to research from the Association of Investment Companies.

Alternatives | 18 Dec 17

Fund selectors talk up ESG but slow to take action

Almost 60% of fund selectors believe environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies will become more integrated into portfolios, though most currently have low or no weighting towards these strategies, according to a survey.

Macro Views | 15 Dec 17

Beware of inflation risk

Inflation expectation is prioritised as a major risk in the fund managed by Patrick Brenner, head of multi-asset investment Asia at Schroders.

Investment | 15 Dec 17

What can central banks do next?

It could be said that 2017 marked the beginning of the end of easy money as central banks started to move towards a tighter policy towards quantitative easing and interest rates. So, what is to come next?

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