Analysis

Commodities | analysis 15 Jan 18

Natural resources delivered some dire results in 2017, in stark contrast with the success of the previous year, according to Morningstar analyst Fatima Khizou.

Best Practice | analysis 15 Jan 18

City of London financial planning firm Investment Quorum has notched up a double milestone, celebrating its most successful year to date and a decade running an in-house investment management arm.

Investment | analysis 12 Jan 18

Everyone has heard about the bitcoin bubble; Neil Woodford has warned of a new tech bubble; and now investors are voicing concerns about a passives bubble. But if such a bubble exists, is it ready to burst? Or will index funds continue to steal market share away from their active peers?

Investment | analysis 12 Jan 18

Net retail sales of Sterling Strategic Bond funds neared £1.5bn ($2.02bn, €1.69bn) for the second month in a row in November 2017, taking the total raised by the sector for the year to £7.25bn, according to the Investment Association.

Europe | analysis 11 Jan 18

The rule requiring managers to report any 10% fall in a portfolio to clients will do little to discourage the buy high/sell low mentality of the man on the street, but, that said, it remains unlikely that Mifid II will push markets into a downward spiral.