Analysis
Europe | analysis 22 Apr 16
The implications of FAMR for the rest of Europe
The recent release of the UK’s Financial Advice and Market Review (FAMR) might not have had much impact elsewhere in Europe but perhaps it should have done, says Paul Stanfield, secretary general of the European Federation of Financial Advisers and Financial Intermediaries (FECIF)
Equities | analysis 22 Apr 16
ANALYSIS: Is the real ‘value’ still in growth investing?
Growth investing has had a stellar few years but, amid talk of more favourable conditions for value investors, there is little evidence yet to suggest the tide has turned.
Equities | analysis 18 Apr 16
ANALYSIS: The real mavericks of UK Equity Income
Like ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan and Starsky & Hutch, UK Equity Income has hosted its fair share of rule-breaking mavericks, the question is should we accommodate or banish them?
Platforms | analysis 18 Apr 16
Lessons from the UK’s RDR journey
With UK-style retail distribution review (RDR) regulation sweeping across international investment markets, and the trend towards better customer outcomes only set to intensify, advisers need to fully embrace this change and embrace it early, says Bill Vasilieff, chief executive of Novia Global.
Asia | analysis 15 Apr 16
ANALYSIS: The fundamental approach is the route to Asian success
Asian equities have had a rough three or four years but with long-term, top-down influences unlikely to change it is time to look for equally long-term, bottom-up fund solutions.