Word on the Street: Fund launch season

So far this Isa season, fund launches have been fairly random. While there's certainly been enough o...

So far this Isa season, fund launches have been fairly random. While there’s certainly been enough of them, in the main consolidation has been the story, not additions. This is because fund launches this year are covering a wide remit of asset classes with few discernible themes, other than as satellite plays rather than core holdings. Fund launch stories dominate in the forthcoming edition of Investment Week, with three total return-styled, invest anywhere bond funds being offered, a soft commodities structured product, an ethical Asian fund, another Global Reits portfolio to add to the ...