Equities
Woodford makes big call on tobacco stocks
Neil Woodford dropped British American Tobacco from his flagship equity fund in June, a stock which had enjoyed a consistent place in his strategies throughout his career.
Investors switch to trackers in European equity markets
Following the French elections, investors have swapped actively managed single country equity funds for index trackers.
European equity inflows reach 18-month high
European equities have been in the spotlights for a while, and finally interest is translating into real flows, according to Morningstar data. But there is a caveat to the optimism, which manifested itself last week.
Finding value in the Australian equity market
For a contrarian manager there is value in sectors facing cyclical headwinds in Australia like energy, oil and gas firms and materials companies, says Werner du Preez, national distribution manager at Allan Gray Australia
Harvest Global funds first to get Swiss-HK recognition
Specialist China and Asian markets asset manager Harvest Global Investments has become the first firm to qualify funds for the Switzerland-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF) scheme.