Multi-asset

Quarter three has been good for the sector. It has made strong progress, both in absolute terms and relative to the FTSE 100.

An ounce of gold now costs an all time high of $1,043.77 after a dip in the dollar boosted the attractiveness of metals to investors.

Standard Life has lifted the queuing system for customers wishing to surrender, transfer or switch money out of the company's UK unit-linked life and pension property funds.

T. Rowe Price is launching a Luxembourg-domiciled Global Fixed Income Absolute Return fund.

Newly-launched IMA Absolute Return sector reaps rewards from market slide, with 23 of 26 funds achieving positive returns

Changes are afoot that will likely lead to a sea change in money management. Core wealth management funds have flexible asset allocations and are designed to keep out of bad markets and stay in good ones

As an asset, timberland contains the characteristic of many natural resources currently traded, stored and incorporated within investment portfolios, with a number of substantial benefits

In a post-Great Moderation world, changes in the real economy have become a much bigger contributor to market volatility. Since March, this has worked in favour of investors as the global recession has shown signs of ending more quickly than first expected....

GLG Partners has launched a new fund targeting the debt of struggling UK and European companies.

Absolute return investing is the latest trend sweeping the investment world, but investors who do not have the necessary hedge fund experience need to proceed with caution...