With the multitude of multi-asset funds available today, Alex Farlow, head of risk-based solutions research at Square Mile Investment Consulting and Research, explains how he analyses fund strategies and their risk/return profiles to identify the best...

Consumer confidence improving

Manager of Investec UK Special Sits fund

Central bank ammunition

Inflation below target and rates at negative

It is easy to forget it took three attempts to finally get Britain into the EU in 1973, and none of them was preceded by a referendum, writes James Horniman, partner at James Hambro & Partners.

We find ourselves back in the middle of yet another springtime negotiation between Greece and its creditors - roughly a year on from a crisis that ended in capital controls, a return to a recession, and a 68% fall in the stockmarket index from its 2014...

Healthcare was one sector that did not fully participate in the recent stockmarket rally and finished the first quarter as the worst performer in the S&P 500 index, writes Legg Mason's Evan Bauman.

Draghi to buy corporate bonds in June

High level data analysis can provide useful flags, but the real challenge is to understand the dynamics and key economic factors to create a much more detailed picture of whether GEMS (or any asset class) offer good value.