Europe bulls could eye UK on political shocks
UK equities could be a beneficiary of Spanish and Italian political turmoil, despite investors playing down existential risk to the European Union from the peripheral economies.
Analysis
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What will become of DB transfer money?
The rather shocking news that broke earlier this week was that the number of DB pension transfers reached £20.8bn in 2017 prompting questions about where the money is ending up and whether many transfers are suitable.
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The PI thorn in the side of DB pension transfer firms
Professional indemnity (PI) insurers are doing more than the Financial Conduct Authority to make the lives of IFAs providing defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice difficult.
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Portugal: from pig to golden child
The Iberian country has undergone a turnaround in fortunes since the European debt crisis.
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Where to find the best dividend income, according to JPM
Rising interest rates and inflation have shifted the dividend opportunity in Europe to the financial and energy sector rather than traditional defensive stocks, said Thomas Buckingham, a London-based portfolio manager at JP Morgan Asset Management.
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Challenging the naysayers on high yield ETFs
High yield ETFs have a reputation for poor tracking difference, but 7IM senior portfolio manager Peter Sleep argues there are still ways for passive investors to access the asset class.
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Bond market sell-off likely later this year: Saxo Bank
The end of the QE-led economic cycle means investors may need a more diversified portfolio to ensure outperformance as we enter a period of greater uncertainty, analysts have claimed.
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Will public registers work without international consensus?
The UK has imposed public company registers on its overseas territories to create transparency and prevent “financial skulduggery”, but an international tax expert says, if people want privacy, they will just move to jurisdictions that still offers it.
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Robot revolution poised to shake-up fund industry
Asset managers may soon be able to use cutting-edge deep learning technology to gain a defensible competitive advantage, according to AI expert Nick Bostrom.
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No need to panic in Malta
While some confusion in the industry exists, Malta’s incoming pension regulations are common sense and there is no need to panic, industry sources have said.
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Temit investors recommended to switch to Mobius rival
The JP Morgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust has been touted as a stable alternative to the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, where careful succession planning following Mark Mobius’s retirement was thrown into disarray with the sudden departure of his replacement Carlos Hardenberg earlier this year.
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Time to be bullish or bearish on tech?
Technology stocks have recently come under significant pressure, dragged down by the sharp fall in the Faangs. But is the sector in a bubble that is about to burst or just going through a healthy correction?