Charles Stanley's Stephen Peters considers the pros and cons of selecting two very different investment styles and their potential performance

Much is always made by asset management groups about the structure of their companies or the remuneration of the fund managers being ‘aligned' with their investors and shareholders.

Events since mid-2007 have given the search for new investment themes extra impetus. Of all those to emerge in recent years, life settlements have perhaps provided the outstanding success story

There is a fit and proper test in football for anyone who wants to buy a football club, which is a joke, and, judging by recent conversations I have been having, the equivalent expression for our industry is sounding like an equal joke in some cases....

With deference to Bill Gross, the ‘must-avoids' are, surely, the easy bit. It's my ‘must-haves' that are in short supply.

What does the marked in rise in inflation to 2.9% mean for exposure to fixed interest funds.

Brevan Howard's Master hedge fund requires direct investors to invest a staggering $20m to get in. However, investors can gain access to such a high-end offering via the group's BH Global vehicle, for £11.29

The commercial real estate sector in the UK has had a rough time over the last couple of years.

Global Equity Income manager reaches first anniversary at helm with expected yield of 4.19%

The past two years have been, from a variety of perspectives, one of the most challenging periods in financial history.