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City bonuses can vary depending on performance and the same can be said for with-profits bonus rates and fund performance. Strong, well-diversified, actively managed funds do well. Those poorly managed through mis-called asset allocation fare worse

The FSA's proposals to provide greater retail access to hedge funds, via collective vehicles, are a landmark policy development for the regulator

In a bid to understand the issues surrounding global climate change, Sir Nicholas Stern was commissioned to produce a report. Here we look at one of his findings, a potential option to mitigate the effects of increasing temperatures and its viability...

While there has been a change of investor attitude as we are bombarded with stories about the projected impact of global warming, the limited range of ethical funds available, coupled with the poor performance of the majority, is likely to inhibit a widespread...

While the concept of fund managers aiming to make you money whatever the market conditions is simple enough, achieving that aim is far from easy

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Measured against cash, all onshore absolute return funds should have had a decent three-year run as stock markets have risen on the back of global demand and interest rate rises. Those with a focus on bonds have had a harder time, but is it too early...

While many managers have had Ucits III powers for years, intermediaries and direct investors have only a handful of onshore funds to select from when looking for vehicles that combine traditional assets with more adventurous, modern tools. The promise...

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