Asset TV spoke recently with Angus Murray, chief executive at Castlestone Asset Management, on the rationale for launching an exclusive share class for Friends Provident International's mirror fund range - Castlestone Aliquot Gold Bullion. He also explained...
Markets fell across the board at the start of trading today, after Moody's downgraded Spain's government debt from Aa1 to Aa2 with a negative outlook.
J.P. Morgan's alternatives arm Highbridge Capital Management has launched the Highbridge Diversified Commodities fund offering investors access to commodities futures in a Ucits III format.
After only a year since launch, former Insight manager Ana Armstrong has seen her IM Distinction Diversified Real Return (DRR) fund deliver stellar returns in the year since launch, outperforming its longer-established peers.
The price of gold has hit a record high on concerns about unrest in the Middle East and contagion risk from Libya, while oil has topped the $116 a barrel mark.
Saudi Arabia is stepping in to prevent an oil supply blackout driven by the Libyan turmoil, the Financial Times reports.
A raft of fund managers are taking profits in gold ahead of interest rate rises, while others argue the asset still offers long-term upside.
The Egyptian crisis has boosted the price of oil to a two-year high but sent equity markets lower, causing some managers to warn of contagion risk to the global economic recovery.
The BlackRock Natural Resources Team looks at how investors can find value within different commodities at different times.