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Corporate credit yields under pressure as liquidity risk rises
As banks exit their traditional broker dealer roles, liquidity risk is rising alarmingly.
Cazenove to enhance reporting across multi-manager range
The asset management firm plans to unveil enhanced reporting across its multi-manager range to provide advisers with the same high level of service offered in its discretionary unit.
Omam's Stewart Cowley on the domino effect of a Greek exit
Greece set for hyper inflated Drachma
Edinburgh Worldwide's Urquhart: income needs distorting discounts
Citywire A-rated mark Urquhart says the tight discount on income-focused trusts reflects the distortions in the market created by the need for yield.
Investment Trust Insider: an offbeat option for US income
Given UK trust buyers' insatiable appetite for yield, the lack of a domestic US income trust might seem surprising
Citywire Selection: are the underperformers bouncing back?
We take a look at Citywire Selection’s 20 biggest underperformers in 2011 and analyse their fortunes in 2012 based on their performance this year to the end of April.
Schroders hires UBS fixed income boss
Alix Stewart joins Schroders £41 billion bond franchise along with her UBS colleague and high yield specialist Konstantin Leidman.
Jupiter hires Citi analyst to assist Bezalel
Jupiter Asset Management has hired senior credit analyst Hilary Blandy to assist Ariel Bezalel on his Strategic and Dynamic bond funds.
Cheyne launches global and real estate bond funds
Cheyne Capital Management has unveiled two funds investing in global credit and real estate bonds, based on two of the firm’s existing flagship strategies.
Why Bill Gross has slashed EMD exposure
PIMCO’s bond star lowers exposure to emerging market bonds by almost a third but holds firm on strong support for MBS.
First State Global Resources
First State Global Resources fund manager Joanna Warner is wary that geopolitical risks, particularly in the Middle East , will sustain high oil prices and put further pressure on global growth and the margins of mining companies.
Why Baillie Gifford's Anderson sees a prolonged tech boom
Scottish Mortgage Investment trust manager James Anderson has geared into the new tech boom on what he believes is an exponential rate of change.
Clunie focuses on insurers and luxury in Swip funds shake-up
Citywire A-rated fund manager James Clunie will run an extra £495 million following his takever of SWIP's UK Select Growth and UK Opportunities funds, and is re-focusing the vehicles.
BlackRock’s Anderson returns to Swip in global strategy drive
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has hired Kenneth Anderson, one of its former lead portfolio managers, as investment director in its global strategy team.
SPDR ETFs on trends in the Exchange Traded Funds market
The European Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) market is growing fast. In this sponsored video, we hear from both Eleanor Hope-Bell of State Street Global Advisors, who outlines the trends of the market, and a range of leading investors who use ETFs regularly.
Stewart Cowley: the writing is on the wall
Omam's bond man drops some hip hop lyrics from artist 'Plan B' to underline how the abandonment of austerity plays to the electorate, but it is not a route to long-term financial stability.
Deborah Fuhr: happy twelfth birthday ETFs
A review of the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry in Europe seemed appropriate as April marked the twelfth anniversary of the first ETF in Europe.
Henderson Rowe: an intelligent way to exploit emerging markets
Giles Rowe (pictured), co-founder of Henderson Rowe, discusses how intelligent indexing is an efficient way to invest in certain emerging markets.
Colin McLean: the market is underestimating China risk
A-rated Colin McLean fears the market is behind the curve when it comes to assessing the Tiger threat, and fears China is now reliant on the US and European recovery.
Gross: central bankers must control atomic credit
With the global banking system levered at least thirteen times, Pimco's Gross is scared. Zero bound rates, he says, will induce serious risks in future years.
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Omam's Stewart Cowley on the domino effect of a Greek exit
Greece set for hyper inflated Drachma
