Analysis

Multi Asset | analysis 23 Oct 17

You are more likely to be “hit by lightning” than see returns that beat inflation and cash from a multi-asset fund, according to fresh research raising the debate into cost effectiveness once again.

Investment | analysis 16 Oct 17

On 22 August, doorstep lender Provident Financial hit investors with a devastating triple-whammy – a profit warning (its second in a matter of months), an FCA investigation into its credit card subsidiary Vanquis Bank and the resignation of disgraced CEO Peter Crook.

Investment | analysis 10 Oct 17

If anything, the flurry of studies during this year’s Good Money Week have proved that green investing has to overcome a number of hurdles before it really takes off.

North America | analysis 6 Oct 17

Faith in the “Trump trade” faded during the summer, as controversy crowded out policy, but it has sparked back to life as the administration lays out plans for a significant overhaul of the US tax system.

Best Practice | analysis 4 Oct 17

The growing use of discretionary fund managers (DFMs) has put some advisers in a sticky situation. How can you comfortably charge a fee for an on-going service model when one of the most visible parts of that service is outsourced?