For emerging managers – any firm newly launching into the asset management market – choosing partners is a crucial exercise, and that includes the fund domicile. Elliot Refson, head of funds at Jersey Finance, expands on the issue and introduces Funds Europe’s emerging managers survey.
This quarter, I will set foot on at least three continents as business travel shuttles me around the earth. From trade shows and conferences, panel hosting and client visits, my carry-on bag and laptop case will get a full and vigorous workout.
Wisdom is found in the most unlikely of places.
In the 1992 classic, Sweating Bullets, the lead singer of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, opines that “Hindsight is 20:20”, but crucially adds that “looking back, it’s still a bit fuzzy”.
If you want something to be successful, make it easy for someone to use. Drive-through restaurants, remote controls and tea bags all make everyday tasks a teeny bit less laborious.
Didier Saint Georges, member of the strategic investment committee and managing director at Carmignac, analyses the current state of play of global bond and equity markets and how investors should interpret recent jolty movements.
Perforce, I must begin with a confession. I do not understand what active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are, and I never have.
