Multi-asset

The Liberal Democrats have proposed creating a national infrastructure fund, open to institutional and retail investors, to replace Private Finance Initiatives (PFI).

Occam Asset Management, jointly founded by former Thames River Capital founder Jonathan Hughes Morgan, is to launch a Ucits III Asian Absolute Return fund next month.

L&G Diversified Absolute Return co-manager Ben Gill expects more groups to enter the global macro space

Interesting investment opportunities exist across the three main natural resources areas: energy, metals and agriculture. In recent months the energy, metals and mining sectors have been particularly strong performers, with companies such as South African...

The recent market downturn had negative consequences for many investors' portfolios. In an environment marked by severe macroeconomic stress and unprecedented volatility, both actively and passively managed investment strategies suffered. After a year...

Jupiter is offering investors in Philip Gibbs' Financial Opportunities fund free switching into one or both of the manager's new Ucits III funds, which will launch ahead of schedule on 14 December.

Investment Week Conjecture

Skandia has appointed Cohen & Steers to manage its $300m Reits Global Property Securities fund in place of La Salle Investment Management, which had run the fund since its launch in 2005.

The five things to consider when buying a tracker fund

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...