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Guernsey: Most improved fund domicile

Guernsey registered its biggest leap in a ranking of fund domiciles, jumping to third position from sixth place. Luxembourg and Malta held the same...

When China hits the brakes, expect a soft landing

China's central bank must take action to cool its overheating economy and control inflation, according to Yves Kuhn, portfolio manager for emerging markets at...

Confidence in Nikkei takes a hit

An index reflecting investor confidence in the Japanese stock market sank 3.4 points between May and June, revealing that more investors expect equity prices...

L&G Investments launches climate fund

Legal & General Investments is launching a passive fund that will seek to capitalise on growth from 100 selected companies working to reduce global...

US FUND MANAGERS: The Atlantic crossing

A number of fund managers that are less well known outside their American homeland have embarked on a push into the European institutional and...

INDUSTRY RECOVERY: Case of winners and losers

With increased assets under management in the European fund and asset management business, Fiona Rintoul asks if the industry has recovered from the financial...

KIID: No Kiidding around, please

The deadline for fund managers to produce Key Investor Information Documents looms large. Angele Spiteri Paris writes about the challenges and how this exercise...

INSIDE VIEW: Risk and reward in the new age of Ucits

Fund categorisation is anything but easy, yet it is more important now that Ucits products must produce a risk-reward indicator. Rudolf Siebel and Michael...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Yvnge Slynstad, CEO of NBIM

As an after-effect of the financial crisis, an uncomplicated approach to investment is a good thing. Yvnge Slyngstad of NBIM tells Funds Europe how...

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Looking ahead (part 2)

Our head-to-head discussion with two prominent pension schemes in the UK reveals problems with investment benchmarks that came to light in the financial crisis....

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Looking ahead (part 1)

Our head-to-head discussion with two prominent pension schemes in the UK reveals problems with investment benchmarks that came to light in the financial crisis....

EQUITIES: A sacrifice worth making

Low-volatility equity strategies eschew growth to offer downside protection. But Nick Fitzpatrick finds the forfeit might not be so great after all Why does volatility...

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