Opinion

Investors pulling out of UK equities and property

After a summer which was surprisingly quiet by the standards of recent years, we may be at the point of significant change in the direction of markets.

David Stevenson takes a closer look at whether the oil sector is back to the 'old normal'.

Wandering past my bookshelves recently, one of my favourite business books caught my eye.

During Investment Week magazine's short summer break, the impact of the Brexit referendum on asset management businesses in the first half of the year was revealed in all its gory detail.

First it was the stockmarket and now it is household spending: financial and economic trends are defiantly failing to develop as predicted.

Once again, Neil Woodford and his eponymous asset management business have stolen the headlines with news the firm is scrapping staff bonuses.

Political risk is on the rise, warns Miton's Anthony Rayner, with economic stagnation and voter dissatisfaction unlikely to disappear any time soon.

Liontrust manager Carolyn Chan examines the investment case for Thailand, which is a significant overweight in the group's Asia Income fund.

Regime change less of a threat