Investment

Fixed Income | 18 Nov 16

Short duration or long duration? That is the question. And the answer, for past few years, has been ‘long’. It’s worked a treat for some. Could things be about to change or is the raging 30-year plus bull market going to go on for longer?

Equities | 18 Nov 16

Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered an almost unprecedented move into US equities. According to Lipper fund flows data, American investors funnelled a record net sum of $27bn (£21.6bn, €25.2bn) to US equity ETFs during the seven days after the election.

Investment | 18 Nov 16

The FCA has criticised the “weak price competition” among asset managers, attacking actively managed funds for failing to outperform their benchmark once fees have been taken into account.

Fixed Income | 17 Nov 16

If a week is a long time in politics, then in markets it can make or break a trader, while heightening the contrarian instincts of investors with a longer-term view.

Fixed Income | 16 Nov 16

Asset allocators moved materially back into fixed income in the third quarter, often at the expense of absolute return funds, Natixis said on Wednesday.