Can Europe maintain its stellar 2017?
Recent statistics from Eurostat showed that the European Union economy expanded at its fastest rate for 10 years in 2017, registering a 2.5% increase on the year before.
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Mark Mobius to launch his own EM fund – report
The emerging markets optimist is reportedly starting his own fund management firm and has also joined the investment committee of Mumbai-based venture capital firm Equanimity Investments, according to local media reports in India.
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Global dividends hit record $1.3trn
Global dividends reached a record high in 2017, boosted by a strengthening world economy and rising corporate confidence, according to Janus Henderson.
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Inflation? Not as I know it…
Discussing inflation and interest rates at a dinner party is a sure-fire way to lose friends. For investors fighting against the tide of today’s backdrop though, it’s a topic that simply isn’t being talked about enough.
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Standard Life Aberdeen loses top client
Standard Life Aberdeen has lost its biggest client, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), after the FTSE 100 bank decided to pull more than £100bn assets over competition concerns.
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Environmental investing is suffering an identity crisis
More than £1bn of retail money flowed into ethical funds in 2017, representing the highest annual level of sales for this type of fund ever, but the sector’s progression is stifled by an identity crisis.
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Foreign managers to take 25% of China’s market – report
Global asset managers are expected to hold 25% of China’s mutual fund industry assets within a decade, due to regulatory changes and the competitiveness of the foreign firms, according to Shanghai-based consultancy firm Z-Ben Advisors.
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The Fry Group names MD for big push into new markets
The Fry Group has revealed its new managing director and chairman from 1 April is to be Jeremy Woodley, its long-standing sales and marketing director, who is intent on accelerating plans for further offices across the world.
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Woodford-backed start-ups reveal cash woes
Itaconix and RM2 International, two small-cap firms that are majority owned by Neil Woodford, have reported cash troubles in their latest trading updates. Elsewhere, the heavyweight UK manager has doubled his exposure to builder Crest Nicholson.
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Bank of England likely to hike sooner with inflation at 3%
Consumer price index (CPI) inflation remained at 3% in January, defying the consensus view that it would marginally dip to 2.9%.
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Bond ambitions in emerging markets
Improving fundamentals in the emerging market debt market are outweighing recent notes of caution about valuations, according to Morningstar.
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What fortune will the Year of the Dog bring China?
Friday 16 February marks the Chinese New Year, with 2018 welcoming the Year of the Dog. However, while the dog is associated with honesty, faithfulness, and a strong sense of responsibility in the Chinese zodiac, investors will be hoping for a repeat of 2017 – the Year of the Rooster – which saw the MSCI…