Research shows us that over the long term, dividend paying stocks tend to outperform non-dividend payers and do so with less risk. Over the last 30 years, the index of equal-weighted, dividend paying S&P companies returned +8.7% annualised versus +1.5%...
I realise it is a bit unfair to pick on the bullied kid in the playground, but it is hard not to wonder whether the ‘alternative investment' space has lost the plot. Of course, it was not supposed to be like this. The hedge fund industry - with some notable...
Henderson's fixed income manager Jenna Barnard has labelled the contingent capital bonds recently issued by Barclays as the 'poster-child' for issuance investors should avoid, despite strong demand from Asia.
A Ratner moment, Skandia cost cuts and more taxes on the rich all made our top ten list of best read stories on the Investment Week website this week.
Specialist fund group Ocean Dial Asset Management has launched the Gateway to India fund, which is a 30-35 stock portfolio focused on domestic growth companies.
Eurozone finance ministers have failed to reach a deal to give Greece the next tranche of its bailout, after 12 hours of talks.