FUND MANAGER FOCUS

Swip Property Trust manager Gerry Ferguson uses recently acquired powers to ensure constant liquidity in portfolio

CONTRARIAN INVESTOR

JAPAN

"It is a day in the sun for asset allocators," said Curt Custard, UBS's head of global investment solutions, as his group announced the launch of a multi-asset product for the DB pension market last week.

LIQUIDITY

Infrastructure is vital to your daily routine and provides the basic services and facilities crucial for community development and prosperity.

The challenge of client-focused investment is coming into starker focus as packaged investment solutions such as model portfolios and target date funds are becoming increasingly popular

As we move further away from the financial meltdown in the autumn of 2008, investors are once again focused on investment returns, leading to the consideration of higher alpha approaches to global equity investing.

Worthwhile opportunities in US equities might have been overlooked by investors. Most jumped on the emerging markets train, which now looks overcrowded and heading towards a market bubble.