The Best Performing Smart Beta Factors
The Best Performing Smart Beta Factors As smart beta investing becomes more popular with investors, a long-term appraisal of factor performance would be useful to help to understand funds which ope...
Adviser-Hub 9th May 2017
Europe market review: Observations on the French election
Observations on the French election Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in the French presidential election and will face each other in the final round on May 7. Th...
Adviser-Hub 2nd May 2017
The income dilemma
Yield is fast becoming the holy grail of the 21st century.
Various 16th Mar 2017
It’s good to talk
An often overlooked but nonetheless crucial determinant of a successful acquisition is a firm’s communication plans. Retiring IFA founder Stephen Hagues looks at how to get your mess...
Adviser-Hub 28th Sep 2016
Alternative thinking - Lend an ear
Daniel Kiernan, research director at Intelligent Partnership, considers whether the time is right for advisers to start using peer-to-peer lending as part of their investment proposition...
Alternative thinking - Venturing forth
The inability to purchase VCT shares in the primary market via a platform has provided a longstanding headache for advisers. However, things are looking up, and shares in VCTs can now be bought b...
An Introduction To LinkedIn
You will no doubt have heard of LinkedIn - you may even be a member - but what actually is it and what can it do for you? In this article, Adviser-Hub explores what it is that sets LinkedIn apart fr...
Adviser-Hub 27th Sep 2016
Week in focus - Absolute return: fit for purpose?
The Targeted Absolute Return sector has come in for another kicking: it is subject to a regulatory review and is currently suffering its worst relative performance since the Financial Crisis. Is thi...
Adviser-Hub 14th Sep 2016
UK Fixed Income - Expectation management
Ana Gil, fixed interest investment specialist at M&G and Bond Vigilantes blogger, comments on the findings of the Q3 edition of the M&G YouGov Inflation Expectations Survey On...
Bending with the wind
The 2015 Autumn Statement and Spending Review confirmed George Osborne’s reputation as a politically and economically pragmatic Chancellor, says Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist (UK...
Hunting high and low
Richard Dunbar, senior investment strategist – investment solutions at Aberdeen Asset Management, considers where income-seekers should be looking in order to generate positive returns in the...
Equity Income Opportunities Around the World
Amaya Assan, senior investment research analyst, Square Mile Investment Consulting and Research There is a myriad of dividend strategies aiming to exploit opportunities for income from equities...
Hope and hype
The ECB may have disappointed markets with its latest policy measures but, says Azad Zangana, senior European economist and strategist at Schroders, investors should have paid more attention to the...
US interest-rate outlook dominates attention in August
Investor sentiment during August was influenced primarily by the outlook for US interest rates and ongoing volatility in the price of oil. August 2016 Better-than-expected US jobs data has h...
Where are the market opportunities and risks?
Schroders annual investment dinner saw a number of the firm’s fund managers exchanging views on potential opportunities in markets around the world. Here is a round-up of their insights into a...
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