September 2017

SPONSORED FEATURE: Iggo’s six golden rules for yield investing

Yields have failed to rise in line with expectations, but bonds remain a crucial asset class for any investor building a yield-generating portfolio. As the...

OPINION: Enter the shopping trolley

As well as directing his wife to put 90% of her bequest into a low-cost index fund that tracks the S&P 500 when he...

FUND FEES: Hacking through the garden

Asset management’s complex fees have come under fire for years. Will anything be done to simplify them, and is it a good idea anyway?...

INTERVIEW: ‘Absolutely the right way to go’

JP Morgan Asset Management revealed in march it will enter the Europe smart beta ETF market. Mike O’Brien, Emea CEO, tells Nick Fitzpatrick that...

BENCHMARKS: Beat this!

Should fund performance be measured against smart beta indices? Mark Latham asks a range of experts. The number of asset managers that beat benchmarks last...

ESG ROUNDTABLE: The rise and rise of ESG

As socially responsible investment rises up the agenda, our panel of experts discusses the state of the sector, the evolution of ESG standards and future...

INTERVIEW: Balancing the scales

In Europe, assets from advisers should match those from institutions, says Investec’s Richard Garland. He tells George Mitton how to make it happen. As Europe...

EMERGING MARKETS: Emerging from the deep

Retail money is flowing back into emerging markets, China’s debt may just be welfare by another name and Trump is a concern, writes Fiona...

INSIDE VIEW: Postcard from Brazil

Its stock market rocketed last year, but Brazil is dogged by problems and should be viewed with caution, says Neville Shaw of Mirabaud Asset...

INSIDE VIEW: Beyond Russia’s high beta play

There is a potential 35% upside for Russian equities in the next 12 months, argues Tim McCarthy of VTB Capital Investment Management. In 2016, Russia’s...

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Luxembourg is one of the world’s premiere centres for cross-border distribution of investment funds. Read our special regional coverage, coinciding with the annual ALFI European Asset Management Conference.
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