Nick Sketch: Negative gilt/equity correlation is trap for the unwary
To most of us, gilts look like terrible investments for all but the very short term – but many said that a couple of years ago and were wrong.
View ArticleUrquhart: myopic market has misunderstood 'disruptive' Facebook
Mark Urquhart shrugged off the pessimism surrounding social networking site Facebook to snap up a stake for his Edinburgh Worldwide trust.
View ArticleLyxor chief Hamid exits firm
Lyxor Asset Management’s Nizam Hamid, head of ETF strategy and deputy head of ETFs Europe, has left the firm, Wealth Manager understands.
View ArticleGarrett-Cox takes aim at Alliance Trust critics
Alliance Trust chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox said the investment trust’s new unconstrained approach would serve to rebuff criticism that that it did not add value to investors as a global...
View ArticleTullow weighs on FTSE as well comes up dry
Equity markets gloomy and commodity prices fall as a solution to prevent a ‘fiscal cliff’ in the US remains elusive.
View ArticleTail-risk free QE rate trades
A surge of central bank liquidity has warped global yield curves and created a host of rate arbitrage opportunities across the world,
View ArticleDobell ups his backing for African Minerals
Tom Dobell, head of the £7.7 billion M&G Recovery fund, has upped his stake in troubled Sierra Leone iron ore producer African Minerals
View ArticleBrewins says RDR offers 'competitive advantage' as profits leap
(Update) Brewin Dolphin took a £553 million additional Financial Services Compensation Scheme hit, according to its results, but chair Jamie Matheson said predicting future levies would be like...
View Article‘Decisive’ Tesco competes with miners for FTSE lead
Shares in Tesco briefly top a rising FTSE 100 as chief executive announces a review of the group's loss-making US operations.
View ArticleAutumn Statement: AIM stocks may become ISA-able
The government will attempt to boost small cap funding and liquidity by consulting on plans to allow AIM market stocks to be held directly within tax-efficient wrappers such as ISAs.
View ArticleAutumn Statement: govt consults on tax incentives for shale gas
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a new gas strategy is being published while the government is consulting on tax incentives for shale gas.
View ArticlePound edges lower in muted City reaction to Autumn Statement
Sterling weakens only slightly as chancellor George Osborne delivers his economic update, but FTSE buoyed by US jobs data
View ArticleAutumn Statement: 12 key takeaways from the chancellor's speech
The chancellor's Autumn Statement was defined by around a dozen announcements that confirmed the outlook on growth, the government's plans for spending and a grand tax clampdown plan.
View ArticleInvestec targets low vol with global equity fund launch
Investec Asset Management has launched a new global equity strategy that aims to deliver returns while mitigating absolute volatility.
View ArticleJupiter European Income to get global feel with strategy switch
Jupiter Asset Management wants to convert the £27 million fund into a global equity income strategy to diversify its income stream and allow its managers to hunt for dividend growth internationally.
View ArticleThe Expert View: Tesco, Hargreaves Services and Tullow Oil
The best analyst commentary on shares, also featuring Sage and Dewhurst.
View ArticleAAA-rated Dudding to relinquish Europe fund in Threadneedle shake-up
Leading European equity manager David Dudding is to take over a global equity fund in a reshuffle at Threadneedle.
View ArticleFitch warns UK on AAA rating
Ratings agency says failure to control debt levels is a threat to the UK’s sovereign credit rating.
View ArticleJupiter’s Nutt to retire in 2014 as Whitmore takes on Income fund
Jupiter’s Anthony Nutt has handed his Income fund to Ben Whitmore and High Income fund to Philip Matthews in the first step towards his retirement in 2014.
View ArticleMcLean's SVM Global up for grabs as board launches beauty parade
The board of Colin McLean's SVM Global is to hunt for a new manager in an attempt to repair the vehicle's track record.
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