When making asset allocation decisions, the temptation is always to opt for markets and funds that are performing well.

The fund celebrates its silver anniversary as one of the longest-established UK vehicles by standing first in IMA European Smaller Companies sector

Who would be an adviser? Not me for sure. It is much easier sitting writing this column watching the transfer news on Sky Sports. Whoever said blokes can't multi-task?

As faith in traditional pension schemes wanes, more and more people are turning to ‘real' Sipps to take charge of their pensions

The platform market has arguably been the most important development in relation to the distribution in financial products in the past decade, and if recent research is a reliable indicator of future trends, platforms will continue to be a fundamental...

Our investment process identifies three qualities in a company: strong cashflow returns from its operating assets, better-than-expected earnings growth and ignorance of the first two.

Property loans written by the nation's banks have helped plummet the country into financial despair, and the debate continues to rage on how to clean up the financial world's image. However, one solution does lend itself to the drawing board in the form...

Japanese Smaller Companies sector makes gains of 25.4% over the last year

Four years after inception, Child Trust Funds have clearly made a positive impact on childrens' savings, but there still seems some work to be done to encourage parents to engage with the scheme

Emerging market debt held up well relative to other asset classes in 2008, and in 2009 has performed strongly as global financial markets have rallied.