Specialist

Paul Burgin looks at why market conditions require more exotic structured products to maintain protection and pay-offs.

Kristof Bulkai and Hugo Rogers of Thames River Capital on why investment in water is set to rise significantly.

GLG managers Pearson and Burton evaluate consensus in perilous areas to stay ahead of the competition

Climate change continues to be a controversial topic, but how should level-headed investors respond?

J.P. Morgan Natural Resources fund manager Ian Henderson has cut his weighting in gold after noting global economic improvements.

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

We are at the foothills of an exciting new era of technology; the era of personalised technology

Stuart O'Gorman had an impressive 2009 with the two technology funds he manages with Ian Warmerdam - Henderson Global Technology and New Star Technology - both generating returns over 47%.

Structured products have largely delivered on their promise to offer protection, but continued evolution is necessary

Launched in February 2008, the £127m Jupiter India fund has significantly outperformed its peers in the IMA Specialist sector over the past year, up 100.4% to January 11, compared to the sector average of 40.4%.