Sometimes you need to get away from the centre to find the ideas that might help to stabilise the centre. Where is the centre of Europe? Frankfurt? Paris? Berlin? London? (Obviously not London.)
Sometimes you need to get away from the centre to find the ideas that might help to stabilise the centre. Where is the centre of Europe? Frankfurt? Paris? Berlin? London? (Obviously not London.)
With France a major player in the eurozone crisis, George Mitton asks what the country's asset management industry is making of a new president and of bond yields that don't do what they ought to.
Could regulations such as Solvency II increase demand for non-traditional investment products, such as guaranteed funds, smart indices and low-volatility strategies? George Mitton surveys the French players.
South African roots mean Investec Asset Management may have a competitive advantage when it comes to investing in emerging markets and commodities. Hendrik du Toit tells Stefanie Eschenbacher that his route is about quality and depth, not breadth.
The US high yield corporate debt market has been one of the few successful asset classes in the crisis era. Nicholas Pratt asks if it has staying power.
Amundi Funds Bond Global Aggregate continues to generate strong returns within its broad global bond and currency universe.
Fiona Rintoul looks at retail trends in the UK and finds that the denial period is over and it is time for acceptance and implementation of the Retail Distribution Review.
Two custodian banks have a lot to thank Allianz Global Investors and Pimco for in the first half of the year, says Nick Fitzpatrick.
For the first time in a year equities were more popular than fixed income, according to the September sales data by the Investment Management Association.
iShares has launched an exchange-traded fund that offers physical corporate bond exposure and mitigated interest rate risk in a single fund.
