Investment Strategy
UBS Wealth launches sustainable portfolio
UBS Wealth Management has launched a cross-asset portfolio in Asia based on sustainable investing that aims to mirror the firm’s traditional strategies.
Investment | 4 Apr 18
Worst performing funds of Q1
Markets stumbled in 1Q18 after a positive run in 2017. While economic data was largely positive, Italy delivered an inconclusive election result, a new US Fed chair was appointed, and Donald Trump took the first steps towards a trade war.
Investment | 3 Apr 18
Funds could create ‘wider problem’ for tech sell off
Global equity funds with large allocations to tech could trigger a “wider problem” if Monday’s sell off continues, with many investors exposed to the sector even if they do not have direct holdings.
Best Practice | 19 Mar 18
Fund selectors struggling with insistent clients
Many fund selectors believe clients often end up damaging their own portfolios when insisting on bad investment ideas, according to a survey conducted at our sister publication Expert Investor’s Pan-European Congress in Rome.
Will investors stick with ‘cash cow’ M&G?
Prudential’s decision to spin-off and float its UK asset management and savings arm was met with widespread approval from investors. But how many of them will continue to invest in the life insurer’s “neglected” business when it lists?