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Maria Nicholls

Maria Nicholls

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Deep Dive: Investors urged to look past UK dividend 'blip' as companies shift capital returns strategy

UK

Deep Dive: Investors urged to look past UK dividend 'blip' as companies shift capital returns strategy

UK buyback capital of the world

clock 21 November 2025 • 4 min read
Kepler Partners' Josef Licsauer: China's recovery is for real and these trusts will benefit most

Investment Trusts

Kepler Partners' Josef Licsauer: China's recovery is for real and these trusts will benefit most

No longer 'uninvestable'

clock 21 October 2025 • 6 min read
Deep Dive: Investors return to 'resilient' frontier markets marching to their own beat

Investment

Deep Dive: Investors return to 'resilient' frontier markets marching to their own beat

Markets 'no longer just adjusting under duress'

clock 17 October 2025 • 5 min read
Deep Dive: Managers back sovereign credit ratings despite credibility questions

Markets

Deep Dive: Managers back sovereign credit ratings despite credibility questions

US downgrade shrugged off

clock 10 October 2025 • 3 min read
Deep Dive: Investors turn to turbocharged reshoring theme as tariffs redraw global trade lines

Markets

Deep Dive: Investors turn to turbocharged reshoring theme as tariffs redraw global trade lines

Supply chains evolving

clock 12 September 2025 • 4 min read
Mirabaud Asset Management's Andrew Lake: Macro cracks threaten 'Goldilocks' markets

Markets

Mirabaud Asset Management's Andrew Lake: Macro cracks threaten 'Goldilocks' markets

'Base case for deterioration in growth'

clock 06 August 2025 • 3 min read
Deep Dive: Providers rush for next big ETF theme but experts call for 'depth over hype'

ETFs

Deep Dive: Providers rush for next big ETF theme but experts call for 'depth over hype'

European defence inflows have smashed records

clock 01 August 2025 • 3 min read
Multi-asset investors divided over equity outlook seek value in fixed income

Multi-asset

Multi-asset investors divided over equity outlook seek value in fixed income

Opportunities in US TIPS and high yield

clock 11 July 2025 • 3 min read
IW 30: Meet the asset management gamechangers of the next 30 years

Fund managers

IW 30: Meet the asset management gamechangers of the next 30 years

Fifteen industry talents

clock 10 July 2025 • 16 min read
Deep Dive: Gold has room to run for those diving into miners

Commodities

Deep Dive: Gold has room to run for those diving into miners

Cemented its safe haven status

clock 27 June 2025 • 4 min read
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