Asset Allocation
Buxton joins Woodford in panning 'ludicrous' renewables U-turn
Old Mutual Global Investors fund manager Richard Buxton has backed Neil Woodford's criticisms of a government decision to cut the tax exemption for renewable energy companies, warning it could render the utilities sector "uninvestable".
Quick fire quiz: Five questions to ask hopeful DFM partners
Five questions to ask hopeful DFM partners
Advisers asking 'wrong questions' in DFM due diligence
Advisers are not asking the right questions when doing due diligence on discretionary fund managers (DFM), one such firm has said, in response to criticism it is "impossible" to compare their costs and services.
Novia's DFM Copia beats IA sectors in strong first year
Discretionary fund manager (DFM) Copia Capital Management - part of the Novia group - has reported its first annual performance figures since it began trading a year ago, which show it has beat The Investment Association (IA) industry sector average across...
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: The cost of 'closet tracking'
Do 'closet' trackers unfairly tip the active v passive debate in the latter's favour?
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: Print, print, print!
Peter Toogood argues nations' propensity for QE is leaving investors with a tricky decision to make
Sector report: Absolute Return - The case-by-case sector
Sector report: Absolute Return – The case-by-case sector
The case for flexibility in a rising rate environment
The case for flexibility in a rising rate environment
UK equities: Opportunities for stock pickers
UK equities: Opportunities for stock pickers
Fund Focus: Axa's Richard Marwood on why ethically screened funds perform 'differently'
Axa's Richard Marwood on why ethically screened funds perform differently
Where did the smart money go in October?
Where did the smart money go in October?
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: When small is beautiful
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: When small is beautiful
Sector report: Explaining a let-down in UK All Companies
Explaining a let-down in UK All Companies
Fund Focus: Eugene Philalithis on predicting an interest rate rise in Q1 2015
Fund Focus: Eugene Philalithis on predicting an interest rate rise in Q1 2015
Sector report: UK commercial property - treading a very fine line
Sector report: UK commercial property - treading a very fine line
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: Will Draghi's dominoes fall easily into place?
Asset Allocators' Soapbox: Will Draghi's dominoes fall easily into place?
Investment trusts: 'Who are the dinosaurs now?'
Investment trusts: 'Who are the dinosaurs now?'
Portfolio planning: Five reasons to be cautious
Five reasons to be cautious
Understanding that silent portfolio killer: Sequence of return risk
The dangers of sequence of return risk might come as a shock to cashflow model evangelists
Fund Focus: Peter Walls on why he is protecting against discount downside
Fund Focus: Peter Walls on why he is protecting against discount downside
How to use derivatives in portfolios
How to use derivatives in portfolios
Fund Focus: Robin Hepworth on why he is prepared to go against the grain
Fund Focus: Robin Hepworth on why he is prepared to go against the grain
Why smart beta might not be such a smart bet...
Why smart beta might not be such a smart bet...
Sector report: The challenges ahead for strategic bond managers
Sector report: The challenges ahead for strategic bond managers