Multi-asset

UK banks remain at risk of very serious problems, according to Charles MacKinnon, chief investment officer at Thurleigh Investment Managers.

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said he does not understand gold prices or why investors hold it during certain economic environments.

Aviva Investors has split its multi-asset solutions portfolio management team into retail and institutional divisions in an effort to provide focused advice to each type of client.

ALTERNATIVES

COMMODITIES

As investors await the 'great rotation' into equities, Aviva Investors' head of multi-asset retail funds, Peter Fitzgerald, takes a look at what to expect from portfolios if bond markets were to sell off.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) is converting its £380m UK Property fund into a property-authorised investment fund (PAIF) next month, to give unitholders gross income without having to pay corporation tax.

Walker Crips is launching what it says is the UK's first regulated bridging finance investment fund for its newly created alternative investments division.

PROPERTY

Investors trapped in property funds suspended by Brandeaux last week have had to wait more than two years, in some cases, to exit the embattled vehicles.