The best and worst funds of the first half
While gold funds were the out and out winners of the first half of the year, the worst performers were much more of a mixed bag.
Investment Strategy
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Cash is king in volatile times, says Indosuez’s Lamotte
Indosuez Wealth Management’s Frédéric Lamotte talks about his career at Crédit Agricole, his cash strategy, and market turbulence.
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Investors move into defensive assets amid global economic worries
Rattled by a growing list of worries that could threaten the fragile global economy, including the UK’s shock Brexit vote, investors around the world are amassing cash, favouring bonds over equities and increasing their holdings of gold.
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ANALYSIS: A masterclass in short-termism
As the clock ticks ever closer to 7am on Friday, the time slated for the release of the official results of the UK’s referendum on EU membership, the financial world’s focus is being honed to an ever finer point as participants hold cash and their breath ahead of the vote.
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ANALYSIS: Investors need to choose a path then hold their nerve on Friday
Everything is pointing towards a wild day in financial markets this Friday with asset prices shifting dramatically whatever the outcome of the referendum.
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Micro factors could trump macro after Brexit – JPMAM’s Flanders
While investors should be wary of macroeconomic factors impacting UK equities and sterling in the short term post-Brexit, the microeconomic consequences could be bigger in the long-term, according to Stephanie Flanders, JP Morgan Asset Management’s chief market strategist for Europe.
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ANALYSIS: US slowdown fears linger, with good reason
The day after the Fed chose once more to stay its hand on interest rates, 38% of delegates at our sister publication Portfolio Adviser’s Summer Congress said a US slowdown was likely to pose the biggest risk to markets over the coming 12 months.
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Millennials’ income and investing expectations unrealistic
Investor expectations for income and long term returns appear to be significantly inflated, with many looking set for disappointment. Millennials’ expectations, however, are the most unrealistic, say Schroders.
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Limited fortunes will take brave hearts – Pictet AM
For the next five years investors with multi asset portfolios need to be thinking in terms of a 2.5-3.0% real rate of return and even then they will need to hold a lot more high risk assets, according to Pictet Asset Management.
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First GCC equities fund for int’l investors launched in ADGM
Eshara Capital, the first investment fund managed out of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), has launched its first strategy, providing global investors access to UAE and Saudi Arabian equity markets and upcoming IPOs.
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Outlook brightens but rocky road ahead, says RLAM’s Greetham
Global growth is turning up and the economic outlook for the second half of the year is positive but the months ahead are full of potential pitfalls, said Trevor Greetham, head of multi asset for Royal London Asset Management (RLAM).
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ANALYSIS: Ignore the seven-year itch, stick with the “unfashionable” bulls
Seven years of equity rises, have we really seen any evidence of complacency that ended previous bull markets?