Investors keep pouring money into GARS – is that a good idea?
The SLI GARS fund was the best-selling mutual fund in Europe in November, taking in €1bn in net new money. However, there are multi-strategy funds that perform much better.
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Part 2 of 2 – A need for income drives you to absolute return, says Andrew Summers
In part two of a video interview, Andrew Summers explains why he is a big believer in alternative investments, and reveals a couple of his favourite funds in this area.
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Fund Manager View: Long Japan and up the European yield curve
In this video, manager Neil Richardson of the Standard Life Investments Global Focused Strategies Fund, explains why he sees selective opportunities in Japanese equities. He also gives his view on the rationality of the European yield curve.
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A Grexit is unavoidable
Barry Norris, the European equity manager and co-founder of London-based investment boutique Argonaut, is one of the most outspoken proponents of a Grexit. The refusal of the current ‘communist’ Greek government to commit to reforms means the country’s economy could never be able to stand on its own feet if it stays in the eurozone,…
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Jamie Hammond – the success of multi-asset
Dylan Emery talks to Franklin Templeton’s European chief Jamie Hammond about one of the driving forces of the European funds industry in the past few years: the growth of multi-asset, outcome-orientated funds.
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Catalan investors at odds with fund managers
Fund selectors in Barcelona are convinced Spanish bonds are overpriced. But bond fund managers brazenly told the crowd that they will edge even lower, at least in the short term.
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Standard Life Investments’ Mikhail Zverev on great European stocks, the future of Google and the importance of data analytics
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lipper research bond outflows gain momentum
The European funds industry amassed net inflows of 3.5bn in August, with Italy, Spain and the UK taking the lion’s share of assets, according to Lipper
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riding the commodity carousel
The rise in commodity prices may have peaked but does this mean the super-cycle is over, and should you buy or sell the asset class? By Manuel-Yutaro Rubio, alternative investment strategies fund analyst, Allfunds Bank
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us groups dominated european fund sales in h1
BlackRock, JP Morgan, Franklin Templeton and Pimco topped the European fund sales table in the first half of 2013, with combined net inflows of 50bn
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returns fail to dent ucits hedge fund appetite
Demand for Ucits-structured hedge funds is likely to grow over the next year, according to data provider Preqin
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sli governments must address ageing
Politicians must act decisively to mitigate the economic impact of ageing populations, according to Standard Life Investments.