Multi-asset

FE Trustnet is to launch a ratings system of passive funds for retail investors, ranking ETFs and index trackers alongside each other for the first time.

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

Wealth managers have been reducing allocation to equities in favour of convertible bonds as a hedge against volatility, following a strong run higher for equity markets.

Ben Bernanke has become a senior adviser to a prominent US hedge fund, his first non-research role since leaving the US Federal Reserve.

Our key calls over the past year

Why investors need to be more 'patient and realistic'

Why investors must avoid 'naive diversification'

Lawrence Gosling with Franklin Templeton Investments' portfolio manager Toby Hayes

European property is offering a safe haven to investors facing up to negative bond yields, said Alban Lhonneur, manager of the F&C Real Estate Securities fund.

HSBC Global Asset Management's Caroline Hitch is reducing exposure to equities in favour of credit in the firm's $8bn World Selection portfolios as she fails to find "compelling" valuations for shares.