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Fund managers overestimate social and environmental impact
Middle-aged managers fare best
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The Boohoo fallout: Poor sustainability will always haunt investors
Just like lies, poor sustainability practices have a have a habit of coming back to haunt you.
Covid-19 and its impact on global investment opportunities
Infrastructure investment expected to increase
US firm set to snap up Woodford's biotech holdings for $300m - reports
Acacia Research Corporation in talks with Link Fund Solutions
Charteris CEO: More big gains ahead for gold investors
Investors who have sat out the bull market in precious metals may wonder if they have missed the train.
Real estate infrastructure: The 'ugly duckling' of investment?
Industrial real estate was historically the grafter of the real estate market, the small, often hidden part of a manager's portfolio.
Telemedicine boom sparked by global lockdown 'here to stay'
Market innovation to continue
The case for hedge funds in the throes of a crisis
Against the backdrop of financial markets across the world falling steeply in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, investors rushed to traditional safe havens in a bid to safeguard their investments
What impact will Covid-19 have on the biotech sector?
After a torrid three weeks, financial markets stabilised in recent days in response to the stimulus packages announced both by central banks and governments.
Infrastructure assets: Where to invest when airports, ports and toll roads are suffering
The infrastructure sector is seen, with good reason, as a solid alternative asset class with which to diversify an investment portfolio.
Frenzied growth leads to frenzied behaviour - especially in tech
Technology is transforming every other industry. The beneficiaries of this are often not the businesses deploying the new tech – they are the ones spending the money and may reap little reward for it – but the technology companies supplying them.
Water companies could be worth a second look
Infrastructure assets' performance is typically stable throughout economic cycles, given the essential nature of the services they provide.
Why buying bonds is 'a leap of faith'
As one of the multi-asset sectors, specialist has witnessed the ebbs and flows into the major asset classes.
Specialist equity funds top performers over five years
Russia and tech fund dominate
How 'smart water' is revolutionising the utilities market
'Smart Water' is a trend that is taking hold in the water industry, and momentum is building.
Why fund managers need to stay focused on cost management
'Rarely a primary focus for private equity managers'
Impax AUM jumps 7% in first quarter
Net inflows healthy despite challenging equity market
The UK property investment market is far from dead
The UK property investment market continues to experience lower transaction volumes, driven by political and economic uncertainties, particularly from Brexit.
The natural bridge between coal and carbon-neutral
The strong underlying demand growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) sets the global gas market apart from the oil market, where a managed decline in long-term production seems to be the most plausible future scenario.
Sidestepping danger in the biotech sector
Passive equity products have become popular over the past decade as it has become easier and cheaper to track the performance of an index.
BlackRock's Hambro: We are moving to a different future because the way we are acting is not sustainable
Manager on sustainability, the 'era of the shareholder' and investment inspiration
The untapped ESG assets destined for growth
Much has been written on the inflated size of global AUM reported to incorporate ESG principles and whether ESG adds alpha.
