Analysis

Asset management groups have just six more months to comply with the fifth iteration of the UCITS directive, which is set to increase the gap between UCITS and AIFMD funds and also overhaul fund manager remuneration policies. Charles Bathurst, consultant...

Mark Barnett, head of UK equities at Invesco Perpetual and manager of the Edinburgh investment trust, analyses the growing pressures on listed companies from a number of sources.

Christine Tadros, head of European research at Xtract Research, highlights the key trends that have been seen in the first half of 2015, and which are likely to impact the market in the coming months

Tony Dalwood, CEO of Gresham House, explains how the search for ‘new' alternative asset classes has seen investors turn to a hybrid approach uniting private strategies and public markets

Pimco's real-return manager, Bransby Whitton, takes a closer look at the advantages of holding commodities in portfolios despite the asset class's recent slump.

The number of investors allocating to ‘new' alternatives such as infrastructure and private debt is on the rise, according to the Preqin Global Alternatives Report.

Digital health driving change

Renewed fears over China's slowdown have hit Japanese equity markets just as the country's reform programme comes under pressure, Hardeep Tawakley reports.

Investors were given yet another reason to steer clear of Brazil after political turmoil and high debt levels saw ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrade the country's status from investment grade to 'junk' this month.

Banks forced to scale back role