Managed funds

Forecasts for the UK economy are starting to look overambitious.

The introduction of exchange-traded funds that are cheap, transparent and easy to trade has heralded a recent explosion in the number of different types of strategies available to the investor.

Duo's Thames River Distribution vehicle beats peer group, gaining 20.2% over one year

Net retail fund of funds sales totaled £3.9bn last year, almost four times the 2008 figure and the highest ever recorded.

The Newton Cautious Managed fund will waive its initial charge until the end of May, following a move to the IMA Cautious Managed sector under new manager Simon Nichols.

The past two years have been, from a variety of perspectives, one of the most challenging periods in financial history.

Towergate Financial has launched its active multi-asset portfolios (MAPs), to be managed by Cazenove Capital.

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

Happy 15th Birthday, Investment Week! My how time flies… By coincidence it is also 15 years since we founded our multi-manager team at Rothschild.

HSBC is considering launching a global fund of passive funds as a low cost alternative to its actively-managed vehicle.