Investment
Stricter suitability requirements to roll out in China
All products that mainland Chinese can invest in will have to meet newly-introduced suitability requirements starting July 1.
Columbia Threadneedle expands US equity fund range
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is expanding its US equity fund range with the launch of the Threadneedle (Lux) US Disciplined Core Equities Fund in its Luxembourg Sicav.
Investment | 16 Jun 17
Frontier markets – is it still an asset class?
With a string of countries having been promoted from frontier market to emerging market by index provider MSCI in recent years, investors need to ask themselves the question: are frontier markets still a viable asset class? And if they aren’t, is that actually a problem?
Macro Views | 16 Jun 17
Gulf nations push up interest rates after Fed move
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, along with Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan have raised interest rates in line with this week’s decision by the US central bank to hike its Federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%.
Investment | 15 Jun 17
Saudi asset manager combines Shariah and ethical strategies
Sedco Capital, one of the largest asset managers in Saudi Arabia, has launched an investment strategy that integrates the firm’s Shariah-compliant investment approach with ethical investing.