Opinion

It has been fashionable for many months to claim China and the emerging market countries have outgrown their strength.

Ronald Reagan claimed inflation was as "violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hitman."

As many of you who follow football will know, this year is the 50th anniversary of arguably the most important development in the game, since it was introduced over 100 years ago.

Here in the UK, household budgets are currently under attack from insufficient growth in earnings and higher costs for basic goods and services.

The news a number of public sector unions are balloting their membership for strike action over reforms to pension schemes will see the coalition government face its first serious test of resolve, and importantly its first significant foray into major...

Often during meetings with clients and prospective clients I am encouraged to justify one or two of our holdings.

Various economists and critics of the government are demanding a Plan B. Just one year into a five-year plan of deficit reduction and growth they are worrying the growth rate is slowing.

‘If in doubt, delegate' seems to be the mantra of a growing number of investors this year, as asset allocation portfolios giving managers discretion to shift capital between markets are a popular choice.

The fund management industry is doing its best to dig the IMA out of the rather embarrassing hole it constructed for itself with its alphabet approach to the Managed sectors. At last, common sense is in danger of breaking out.

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