Should impact investors aim for market returns?
Fund houses are increasingly launching impact products to rival mainstream alternatives
Columbia Threadneedle
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ECB to finish QE at the end of 2018
The European Central Bank will end its quantitative easing (QE) programme at the end of December 2018 in line with most industry expectations.
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Commodities poised to finally join the bull market
After a torrid nine years of losing investors money in a raging bull market, commodities could finally start to see a change in fortune.
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Columbia Threadneedle to move EU client assets ahead of Brexit
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched 13 Sicav versions of Oeics ahead of the UK’s exit from the European Union as the asset manager prepares to switch EU-based investors out of its UK-domiciled range into Luxembourg-domiciled alternatives.
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Columbia Threadneedle expands European multi-asset range
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is expanding its Luxembourg multi-asset offering with the launch of a fund that is designed to deliver equity-like returns of 4% above European inflation.
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Columbia Threadneedle launches global credit fund
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a global absolute return credit strategy to mirror its existing Threadneedle Credit Opportunities Fund.
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Fiscal policy concerns after Italy’s populist parties gain
The market reaction following the success of Italy’s populist parties at Sunday’s general election will depend on how diluted their stance will be going forward on fiscal easing and being anti-Europe, according to experts.
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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.
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US equity fund managers pin hopes on Trump
US equity fund managers believe the S&P 500 can continue to add to a 26% rise over the past year. But barring good news to come out of Washington, there is little to cheer about for expensive US equities.
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US equities after the Trump rally – any opportunities left?
It’s very easy to make the bear case for US equities right now: valuations are high, and the market has priced in all the good things it expects from Donald Trump and none of the bad stuff. But that may be too simplistic a view.
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ANALYSIS: French elections – prepare for an uncertain outcome
The French presidential elections have turned into a highly unpredictable four-horse race. All four candidates offer radically different visions on the economy, and on France’s place in Europe. But is there a way to prepare for the outcome if the result is still so much up in the air?
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US equities – the Trump honeymoon period lasts
A little over a month into Donald Trump’s presidency, US equity indices are at record highs and money keeps flowing into the asset class. Are markets right to be sanguine?