Opinion

GICS has reclassified real estate as standalone sector

Dividends can count for 90% of returns

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is understood to be moving away from the idea of putting a cap on fund charges as part of its wider review into competition within the asset management sector.

Which way will new IA chief executive Chris Cummings lean?

In an ever-expanding world of multi-asset funds claiming to manage, profile, rate or target risk, it is important to understand precisely what is on offer, writes gbi2 managing director Graham Bentley.

What is wrong with pensions? Too complex, too expensive, deficits too wide, members don't save enough, too much regulation, too many unscrupulous employers, too many lazy members, too much interference from politicians.

Value investors have been forced to endure a prolonged period of underperformance, as extreme market dislocations caused by central bank policies have boosted the appeal of growth counterparts.

Over the past year, emerging market (EM) assets have looked much perkier. MSCI's emerging market stock gauge is up 13% this year, almost four times as much as the broader MSCI World index of developed-nation stocks.

Gill Hutchison, head of investment research at The Adviser Centre, City Financial, explains why fund managers need to do more to improve the customer journeys of investors in these popular vehicles.

Investment Week is launching a new series this week building on the significant interest in last year's Top Managers Under 35 list, which highlighted exciting new talent in the fund management industry as chosen by selectors and wealth managers.