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Finally the truth is out

20 Feb 2012 | By Philippa Gee

The gloves came off this week during an ‘interesting’ discussion I had with a fund manager about the sheer number of new fund launches.

FundTalk

Fees, foes, funds

17 Feb 2012 | By Rob Langston

Talk of fund fees has dominated the industry over the past few weeks: campaigns have been launched, cross words exchanged and battle lines drawn.

Fund blog

Three-pronged approach to outperforming the US market

16 Nov 2011 | By Adam Lewis

Launching an active US equity fund two months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was never going to be easy.

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China: Enough reasons to remain cautious for now

16 Feb 2012 | By Joe Le Jehan

An interesting aspect of the return of the ’risk on’ trade early in the year has been the muted participation of the Chinese domestic equity market.

Technical blog

It’s darkest before they turn on the lights

31 Jan 2012 | By Vanessa Drucker

Investors are fickle, eager to transform last year’s ugly ducklings into swans and vice versa. That shows up vividly in the American utilities sector, which put in a bumper performance in 2011.

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Guest blog

The low volatility equity opportunity

21 Feb 2012 | By Suzanne Willumsen

Low volatility equity investing has gained increasing attention within the investment community over the last few years.

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Strategy blog

Too embarrassing to talk about

10 Feb 2012 | By Daniel Ben-Ami

Not all anniversaries are equal it seems. Some raise so many awkward questions the authorities would rather they are not discussed.

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