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Woodford: Equity rally demands near-term caution
Invesco Perpetual’s Neil Woodford has expressed caution over the near-term outlook for equities, following the market’s strong rally during the opening months of the year.
Ashcourt Rowan outsources asset management admin to TD Wealth
Ashcourt Rowan Asset Management plans to outsource its portfolio, settlement and custody services to TD Wealth Institutional.
Is the US entering a golden era?
The world’s largest economy appears to have turned a corner as a wave of positive data from the US is arguably illustrating an improved recovery.
Japan demand drives equity fund inflows to 14-week high, says EPFR Global
The return of investors to Japan funds helped equity funds to outsell bond portfolios by four to one last week, figures from EPFR Global shows.
SVM's Lawson: Why Prada is 'exception' to luxury goods sector
With an unclear outlook for the luxury goods sector, Prada proves an exception thanks to its prospects for growth and young business.
VCTs set to escape Ucis promotion ban
Regulator has moved from “considering” excluding venture capital trusts from the proposed ban to being “minded” to do so.
Woolnough adds Apple shares to M&G Optimal Income
Bond manager Richard Woolnough has bought shares in Apple for his £14.5bn M&G Optimal Income fund as colleague Aled Smith sold the £989.2m M&G American fund’s last stake in the stock.
Standard Life to pay platform clients' 2013 rebate tax bill
Standard will fund tax on rebates for both Standard Life Wrap and FundZone.
Treasury report: Independent Scotland could see advisers' regulatory costs soar
Treasury warns if Scotland is to break away from the rest of the UK it would need a separate financial services regulator.
Fidelity to restructure adviser sales team
Company says move has been triggered by the RDR and will see some roles scrapped.
Source launches US energy infrastructure ETF
European ETP provider Source launches Source Morningstar US Energy Infrastructure MLP Ucits ETF.
Can property regain safe haven status?
With signs of a rise in prices – even in troubled Japan – some investors are expecting the property sector to retake its place in portfolios as a diversified, income-generating mainstay.
EU set to extend bank bonus cap to hit 10 times more people
PricewaterhouseCoopers says the EU bonus cap will affect everyone who earns more than €500,000.
Asset allocation ‘is IFAs' top outsourcing choice’
IFAs are most willing to outsource asset allocation of all their clients’ investment functions, according to a poll by FE Research.
This week's Fund Strategy cover story
Can property raise the roof again?
With signs of a rise in prices – even in troubled Japan – some investors are expecting the property sector to retake its place in portfolios as a diversified, income-generating mainstay, reports James Smith
Blogs
Premier’s Jennings: Riding the wave
Many market strategists at the start of 2013 predicted that this would be a strong year for equities
IMA's Godfrey: I want to move as quickly as possible on cost changes
When I posted my last blog suggesting a new way of explaining costs and performance to our clients in simple, once-and-done, pounds and pence figures, I wanted to get feedback.
Cazenove’s Le Jehan: Golden haze - why we’re adding to gold equities
I spent a happy day last week listening to some of the most celebrated value investors of our time, gathered together at a conference here in London.
IMA's Navdeep Sidhu: Regulators should avoid Ucits rule changes for change's sake
As the Ucits regime celebrates 25 years, regulators need to ensure that any changes to the rules will bring benefits to investors.
Nic Cicutti: Advisers must take responsibility for products
Allowing advisers to pass the buck to providers would not do the industry any favours.
Sovereign Leadership’s Leahy: Why I’m keeping my equity investments on a very tight leash
The latest Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report has done little to reassure myself – and a rising number of market pundits – who believe that deflationary concerns could come to unravel the recent rebound in equity markets.
Drucker: Tune out gold conspiracy noise
When it comes to a good conspiracy theory, I can relish the rumors as much as the next reporter. But as for the swirl of innuendo surrounding the recent gold price collapse - I don’t buy it.
Ben-Ami: Why the super rich's self-made tag is misleading
The current crop of super-rich did not accumulate their wealth through business acumen alone – good connections and ties with the state were also a vital element
Leader: Old stars offer new hope to investors
Clearing out my shed the other weekend, I stumbled across a mysterious little box. Within it lay a New Star-branded snow globe.
RLAM’s Foden: Why unrated bonds are less risky than you think
There are many myths within bond markets that distort investors’ thinking and lead to sub-optimal portfolio construction, of which one of the most widely held is that unrated bonds are riskier than rated bonds.
