Ucits

Nick Cumming, director at Technical Fund Marketing, explains the regulator's plans around the introduction of key information documents for PRIIPs, what this means for product providers with funds on life platforms, and why the industry may not be ready...

Consensus on disclosure still a way off

UCITS V rules ‘address problem that doesn’t exist’

The energy infrastructure sector in the US has outperformed major equity and bond benchmarks over the past five years, posting annualised total returns of 32%, compared to 19% for the S&P 500.

Why partnerships are key to GSAM’s ambitions

WisdomTree, one of the largest passives providers in the US, is to launch its first ETFs in the UK by the end of the year as part of its push into Europe.

Discretionary fund managers are facing growing pressure to standardise managed portfolio fees as the FCA considers warning advisers against using any service where costs are not clear.

BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched the BNY Mellon Absolute Insight fund, a UCITS product for European investors which mirrors the £692m Absolute Insight fund.

Fund groups are set to come under fresh pricing pressure ahead of the ‘death' of AMCs, JP Morgan Asset Management's Jasper Berens has said.

City Financial's Mark Harris has increased exposure to India following the election, despite concerns over the prospects for emerging markets if developed economies continue to wind up stimulus packages.