Investment
Analysis: Why professional investors buy multi-asset funds
Multi-asset, or asset allocation funds, have been an investor favourite for years. But why would a professional investor invest in these one-stop shop funds?
Investment | 4 Aug 17
Eco Fund liquidator replaced in blow to Isle of Man regulator
An Isle of Man judge has ruled that the liquidator appointed to the collapsed Eco Resources Fund should be replaced despite objections from the island’s Financial Services Authority (IoMFSA).
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”.