ANALYSIS: Tulloch’s departure – Can his team continue his legacy?
Whenever a high profile fund manager leaves a group, it prompts considerable hand-wringing among investors about whether they should remain invested in their funds.
Analysis
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ANALYSIS: Currency to play greater role in portfolio returns
ETF Securities has reported a three-fold increase in ‘retail’ investors looking to hedge their currency exposure since the start of the year.
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ANALYSIS: Will ETFs and trusts breathe new life into platforms?
While some have been keen to pronounce platforms to be ‘dead’ providers do not seem willing to throw in the towel and have launched a counter-attack.
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ANALYSIS: Wealth managers ignore ESG investing at their peril
The rising tide of regulation and ever increased scrutiny on fees has meant that scale is ever more important for wealth managers.
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ANALYSIS: Is EM sentiment beginning to shift?
Emerging markets remain low down on wealth managers’ list of things to buy. But, judging by the news flow this week, they are now quite as low down as they once were and, for some, they are beginning to move much higher.
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Where now for commissions in Europe?
Full commission bans did not materialise in the agreed texts for both both MiFID 2 and the IDD. Paul Stanfield of FEIFA looks at the likely future of remuneration for financial advisers.
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Birth of a sector: Europe’s listed real estate revolution
For investors looking for value and a sector that remains in the middle stages of its economic cycle, the real estate securities market in Continental Europe may be worth a look, says portfolio manager Gillian Tiltman.
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Fidelity’s Michael Clark on strategy for febrile markets
Fidelity’s Michael Clark hopes utilities, healthcare and consumer staples will safeguard against any further market gyrations
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ANALYSIS: Will Godfrey departure steady the Investment Association ship?
The fact that Daniel Godfrey felt he had to leave his CEO post sheds much light on what was behind the threats from Schroders and M&G Investments to leave, but also raises new questions.
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Lessons learnt from int’l expansion says St James’s Place
St James’s Place has faced many challenges in new international territories which have provided the blueprint for further overseas expansion, says its commercial director Iain Rayner.
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ANALYSIS: Playing the contrarian post China rout
With global equities return forecasts reasonable at best, a dearth of exciting ideas may leave investors looking for contrarian plays.
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ANALYSIS: Nothing to fear from the ‘rise of robo-advice’
Journalists love conflict. It sells newspapers. It gets people tuning in to radio and TV. Which is why we are so quick to frame something as a battle between two diametrically opposed sides.