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Benchmark freedom and EM investing
If the manager is freed from the benchmark, emerging markets offer many opportunities from a stock-picker’s perspective, particularly if headlines are negative, according to Ross Teverson, head of strategy for global emerging markets at Jupiter Asset Management.
United Kingdom | news 23 Apr 15
Deutsche Bank pays 25bn LIBOR fine to regulators
Deutsche Bank has reached a settlement with US and UK regulators to pay more than $2.5bn in fines for LIBOR and EURIBOR failings and misleading authorities.
Confused advisers at risk as DFM ‘outsourcing’ grows
Despite the growing trend toward the use of discretionary managers to handle some or all of the investment portion of advice, a large number of advisers remain unclear about where the responsibility for investment suitability lies.
Cash pours into ETFs in Q1, Europe inflows gather pace
New money poured into the world’s exchange traded funds and products (ETFs/ETPs) during the first quarter of 2015 with Europe’s share gathering pace as the European Central Bank started its quantitative easing programme.
Woodford’s Patient Capital is UK biggest fund launch
Neil Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust, the second fund from the star manager’s company, is the largest ever UK investment company launch, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).