Fiona Rintoul

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Opinion: New decade, old problems

A new decade has dawned. The roaring twenties are upon us. The more New Years you see in, the harder it gets to access that...

Central & Eastern Europe: Bulgarian funds set to bulge

The Czech Republic has seen strong growth in funds and Bulgaria could follow this year – but in general, the CEE funds industry is...

Market overview: The highs and lows of securities lending

2019 was a difficult year for securities lending revenue. It ticked upwards in Q3, but the market is facing friction from regulatory requirements such...

Opinion: Investments that go wrong

Years ago, I used to attend a creative writing workshop at City University in London. One of my fellow students was an American who...

Emerging markets: China among the BRICs

China has been the dominant theme in emerging markets for 20 years. Now, along with India, it is breaking away from the BRICs group...

Opinion: Let’s call out complexity

Never let it be said that I am obsessed with saving for retirement. My so-called “plan” is a guddle of bits of flats, micro...

Opinion: Making the ESG case, again

The world seems to be turned upside-down right now. A gimlet-eyed teenager looks more focused and mature than the septuagenarian US president. The UK...

Investing: Multi-asset funds piece together their objectives

Erratic multi-asset flows signal how investors struggle with unusual markets and the promises of diversification. To prosper, these funds must explain themselves better, finds...

Opinion: Cherries at Christmas

Back in the early 1990s, I visited St Petersburg with a couple of friends. One of them worked for a charity that operated in...

Dividend investing: Why lower dividend growth isn’t worrying equity income managers

Underlying dividend growth of 4.6% may be good enough to support the popular equity income sector, and Japan is starting to play a bigger...

Opinion: Federalism ahoy

I imagine German film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is even now working on a script that will immortalise the life of Ursula von...

Multi-asset investing: Illiquidity is the new price to pay

Multi-asset funds are evolving but require investors to become comfortable with illiquidity. Fiona Rintoul looks at what sort of assets fund managers and investors...

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