Investment
Multi asset funds Europe’s top sellers but debt does well
One-stop shop funds that take away responsibility for asset allocation have been the blockbuster sellers with European investors in the last three years, but debt funds have also done well despite record low interest rates.
Analysis: What has inspired the active fund renaissance?
It was a bad time to be an active manager in 2016, the year of Brexit and Trump, with underperformance plaguing funds as passives tracked the market higher and higher.
Investment | 2 Aug 17
Seven ‘sinful’ stocks to avoid
With the FTSE 100 on an almost continual rise, which are the ‘red flag’ stocks that investors should watch out for? Investment bank Liberum lists the seven ‘sinful’ stocks in the top 100 they would “prudently seek to avoid”.
Emerging Markets | 2 Aug 17
EM mania spreads to frontier markets
Frontier market equities saw the largest net inflows for a very long time in June, suggesting the interest in developing economies’ stock markets is broadening.
Australian boutique eyes London expansion with fund launch
Australian investment manager Antipodes Partners has launched a global equity fund to the UK market ahead of plans to expand its London office later this year.