High yields on commodity trusts tempt investors
There are signs that high yields are tempting investors back to commodities-focused investment trusts, but analysis group Stifel warned that current yields may not be sustainable.
Investment Strategy
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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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UK property to return 8.8% per annum – Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors has forecast British property to return in the order of 8.8% per annum over the next five years.
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Is cash king?
With volatile market conditions prevailing, many investors are turning to cash as a risk-reducing measure. But are they really doing themselves a favour?
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The best and worst funds of Q3
In this gallery, we round up the five best and worst performing funds of Q3 2015, revealing absolute return funds have done well while those targeting Brazil have suffered.
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Finisterre hires ex-Axa boss for new EM debt strategy
A former Axa investment manager has joined Finisterre Capital to spearhead its newly-established emerging market debt strategy.
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Pictet to launch Luxembourg-listed robotics fund
Pictet Asset Management is to launch a new robotics focused fund on 8 October, with an initial subscription between 2nd and 7th October.
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Advisers see China recovery, India favoured
One in two financial advisers using Cofunds is anticipating a Chinese market recovery, but India looks more promising, according to research from the platform.
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Oil price slide fails to deter MENA stocks growth path
The collapse in oil prices and volatility in the emerging markets induced by China’s slowdown has hurt stocks in the Middle East but has not knocked the region’s major equity markets off their positive trajectory, said Amundi fund manager Remy Marcel.
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ANALYSIS: Brazil, China weigh on next week’s Fed decision
S&P’s surprise downgrade of Brazil’s credit rating on Wednesday has added another layer of complexity to the decision facing the members of the Federal Open Market Committee next week.
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Five market plays following the summer sell-off
Hargreaves Lansdown’s Laith Khalaf and Axa Wealth’s Adrian Lowcock on which markets to invest in and how to access them.
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Five post-crash bets for the road ahead
Industry experts come together and select their best investment calls for the post-crash environment.