UK property freeze thaws but open-ended fund days numbered
Following suspensions of trading and value adjustments at most of the leading UK property funds in early July, September has seen the crisis abate to a large extent.
Analysis
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ANALYSIS: Deutsche Bank brinksmanship leaves market teeth on edge
Shares in Deutsche Bank slumped over 6% on Monday morning as investor worries about its capital position intensified and the focus shifted from the boardroom to politics.
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UK equities and the long goodbye
As the market reacts to the UK’s shock decision to leave the EU, active managers are underperforming their passive peers when it comes to UK equities.
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ANALYSIS: Central bank manoeuvring puts banks back in play
The Fed and the Bank of Japan failed to disappoint markets on Wednesday. And, with that lack of disappointment, has come a growing belief that the banking sector might well be turning once more into a viable investment destination.
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ANALYSIS: The beginning of the end for hedge funds?
It’s the big divorce that is the talk of today’s headlines – yes, investors have fallen out of love with hedge funds.
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OPINION: Leverage fears undermine ‘myth-making’ central banks
With central banks loosening their belts so much comes the risk of policy makers getting caught with their trousers down.
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Second Round Effects: Are we heading for a thematic revival?
Like everything else in the financial world the popularity of investment styles moves in cycles and, it would seem, like 90s fashion, thematic investment is seeing something of a revival.
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ANALYSIS: Trump could win; it might not be all bad
The brouhaha over Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia is just the latest sideshow in the US presidential election circus. While it is unlikely to derail her campaign, it has served once again to highlight the fact that a Trump presidency remains a possibility and markets are increasingly concerned.
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ANALYSIS: Another end of summer blip or something much bigger?
The end of last week and start of this has had a familiar feel about it as the point at which summer turns to autumn has once again seen investors fretting.
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Priips is a ‘monster with Hydra-like tendencies’, says Ailo
A ‘first’ for the EU Parliament ECON Committee took place on 1 September, says Ailo’s chief executive Alan Morgan-Moodie in an update on ‘what next for Priips?’.
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Will negative yielding bonds cause next financial crisis?
Sanofi and Henkel have faced a fair amount of derision from commentators this week having both issued negative yielding corporate bonds, but could this be a sign or major troubles to come in fixed income markets?
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Don’t dismiss fintech revolution, but don’t romanticise it
A random walk through the world of wealth management.