Managed funds

Beware of strategists wielding rulers. Decent third quarter GDP numbers have sent analysts scurrying off to increase their forecasts. We see this all too often, forecasts derived from extrapolating the newest trend, ratcheted up or down according to the...

Equity markets around the world have continued to rally, fuelled by liquidity and some signs of improving economic data.

Aviva today lifts withdrawal restrictions on its unit-linked UK Property fund.

Assets are still attractively valued while earnings are keeping pace with prices and interest rates remain historically low.

As we head to the end of the year and speculation surrounding the withdrawal of monetary stimulus by the central banks mounts, the debate is focused on how sustainable the recovery will be. More so, what ‘shape' will it take? Will it be L, U, V or W?...

Retaining a disciplined and comprehensive investment approach will enable a private equity Fof to select the best managers, and ultimately drive returns over the longer term

Majority of 122 funds within active managed sector are claiming a positive total return over the past year following a six month rebound

Several of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds already have announced reviews of their long-term ‘buy and hold' strategies with an idea to reducing fixed weights to stocks

Fidelity has received investor approval to merge its £30m MultiManager Distribution fund into its £127m MM Income vehicle.

The economic environment appears reasonably benign in the near term given the upswing in the industrial cycle, relatively subdued core inflation pressures and expectation that central banks will keep interest rates at their current ultra-low levels. The...