The worst performing UK income funds
Kevin Murphy and Nick Kirrage’s Schroder Income fund has seen the largest negative move in Sanlam UK’s biannual Income Study.
Investment
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French asset manager launches two hedged income Sicavs
Paris based VIA AM has launched two hedged income equity Sicavs with Société Générale that use accounting technology to find companies to invest in and options to reduce risk.
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Right time for convertibles but fund selectors lukewarm
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is focusing part of its fixed income portfolio on global convertible bonds due to expectations of higher interest rates and a stronger equity market over the next 12 months, but fund selectors are only mildly interested in the asset class.
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Fintech opportunities are more than blockchain
Artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data create a lot of buzz among fund buyers, but many fintech opportunities lie in old technologies, such as banks’ core systems that are in desperate need of updating, argues Partick Lemmens, senior portfolio manager at Robeco.
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Craving for ETFs boosts European appetite for equity funds
European investors increased their risk appetite in 2017, recording high inflows into pure equity funds compared to outflows in the previous year, helped by a big rush into passive equity funds, according to a Thomson Reuters Lipper report.
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Is now the right time to head to frontier markets?
After several tough years, things have been looking more positive for investors in emerging markets over the last couple of years, with the region outperforming its developed market peers in both 2016 and 2017.
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Negative US gov’t bond sentiment shows little sign of change
Against the backdrop of a US bond market sell-off in January, a look at the performance of European US Government bond funds shows that not a single one has beaten the 10-year Treasury Note return of 7.25% over the three years to 31 December 2017, according to FE Analytics.
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JP Morgan launches its first European bond ETFs
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched three fixed income exchange traded funds – the group’s first bond ETFs in Europe.
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Schroders launches alternative Ucits
Schroders has launched its alternative strategies fund, Schroder GAIA Wellington Pagosa, with aims to provide investors a diversified consistent return stream.
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Equities
What do Europeans think of the major Equity asset classes?
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Alternatives
What do Europeans think of absolute return strategies?
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Bonds
What do Europeans think of the major Bond asset classes?