Premier
14 May 2012
Investment companies are being urged to issue zero dividend preference shares (ZDPs) rather than rely on banks to provide financing, to help ride out short term market volatility.
11 May 2012
Industry commentators discuss which alternatives have driven performance of their portfolios since January.
01 May 2012
Premier has expanded its global equities team with the appointment of James Smith who joins from Utilico in June.
05 April 2012
As data from China shows growth is already slowing, managers assess the government’s response and the implications for investors.
05 April 2012
Charlotte Richards looks at why going against the grain could benefit your portfolio.
17 February 2012
The fragility of the financials sector has been well documented after a turbulent 2011. Top managers reveal whether the tides are about to turn.
23 January 2012
In spite of ongoing concerns over the eurozone debt crisis and fears that China’s slowdown could result in a hard landing for the world’s second largest economy, risk assets and particularly equities have made a solid start to the year.
20 January 2012
We ask fund managers for their top stocks or sector picks for 2012.
18 January 2012
Premier’s Chris White is taking advantage of bearish market sentiment by boosting cyclical exposure and trimming defensives in anticipation of a bounce in equities.
01 December 2011
Premier Asset Management is set to change the investment objective of several funds, including CIO Mike Jennings’ £53m Premier Global Strategic Assets fund.
24 October 2011
Investec’s Jacob Robbins has joined Premier Asset Management as lead manager of the Premier Global Alpha Growth fund.
21 October 2011
Markets have finally lost patience with the ‘mañana’ policies in Europe resulting in the worst quarterly declines for equities since 2008.
08 October 2011
Investing in Europe might seem a recipe for disaster with worries over the euro, a sovereign default, the possibility of contagion to Italy and Spain, anaemic economic growth and the risk to French and German banks.
11 August 2011
Premier Asset Management is proposing to wind up its China Opportunities fund after it failed to attract sufficient assets.
03 June 2011
Premier's David Hambidge says despite taking a hammering in 2008, UK smaller companies are set to outperform.
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