Equities

As equities reach record highs and fresh volatility hits fixed income markets, Investment Week asks if cash is now looking like a more appealing proposition.

The final chapter in the series from Standard Life Investments looks at current opportunities to be found in emerging markets.

Fidelity's Alex Wright has boosted exposure to banks as consolidation in the wealth management sector sees opportunities to invest there dry up.

Investment managers across the asset class spectrum have been raising cash allocations on fears of an equity market correction and a fresh bond market ‘taper tantrum'.

Newton Global Emerging Markets

African financials are looking attractive despite the continent's wider corruption troubles, according to Old Mutual Investment Group's Cavan Osborne.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is preparing shareholders for the government to sell down its 79% stake in the lender by asking them to vote on costs related to a sale at its annual general meeting.

Deutsche Bank shareholders voiced their lack of confidence in the company's leadership during its annual meeting yesterday, with 39% voting against approving the performance of the group's co-chief executives.

GAM's European equities manager Niall Gallagher has predicted European equities could double in the near term as the region is supported by a number of tailwinds.

Fund buyers are debating whether to sell out of the £4.4bn Newton Asian Income fund following the departure of Jason Pidcock, while asking if he can replicate his success at Jupiter.