Investment
Multi Asset | 31 Jul 17
Global asset allocation strategies are ‘no silver bullet’
While it’s no secret that passive, low-cost products are relentlessly increasing their market share, investors’ hunt for yield has also buoyed sentiment towards flexible and unconstrained mandates, according to Morningstar.
Analysis: Sailing the macro winds in Japanese equities
Japanese equity fund net inflows by European investors have picked up recently, as the current macro environment looks conducive to Japanese equities. Asset managers are also jumping on board with the asset class, but why?
Aberdeen and SJP top Spot the Dog’s ‘worst of the worst’ list
A report by Bestinvest has named and shamed Aberdeen Asset Management and St James’s Place for running some of the worst-performing equity ‘dog’ funds.
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.
Aussie regulator seeks wind up order for land banking scheme
As part of its ongoing investigation into land banking schemes, presumably on the back of the LMIM scandal, the Australian financial regulator has started legal action to wind up a scheme in which at least 82 people invested around A$800,000 (£488,212, $640,123, €546,859).