Analysis
Investment | analysis 18 Aug 17
Bull market party ‘has to end’
The problem with the dying days of an equity bull market is that it is difficult to be sure when it will end and how high it will go in the meantime. This, for Jim Wood-Smith, chief investment officer for private clients at Hawksmoor Investment Management, is the key dilemma in today’s markets. As he says: “We can see what will happen but we don’t know when.”
Europe | analysis 17 Aug 17
Italy emerging as stand-out haven for the super wealthy
A new flat rate tax regime introduced in Italy earlier this year is putting the nation on the map of potential destinations for super-wealth expats of all nationalities, an expert has told International Adviser.
Tax & Regulation | analysis 16 Aug 17
Sipps among most complained about UK financial products
The UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 59% more complaints about self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) in the first quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year compared to the same period a year before.
Investment | analysis 16 Aug 17
Analysis: Beware ‘best buy’ offers from fund supermarkets
Is there a potential conflict of interest arising from investment platforms or “fund supermarkets” recommending their own products to clients?
Investment | analysis 15 Aug 17
Time to clear out the clutter of small funds?
Small and expensive, are funds that have failed to hit £10m ($13m, €11m) in assets just clogging up the investment universe?