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Threadneedle: Outlook for oil following OPEC Conference
Steve Thornber, Threadneedle Global Equity Income Fund Manager and Head of the Global Oil sector research team, comments: "OPEC's compliance with their latest cut to quotas remains strong at 80% and oil prices have risen this year from a starting point of $39 to the current $60.
Multi Asset Strategic Fund shifts back overweight equities
Trevor Greetham, portfolio manager of Fidelity's Multi-Asset Strategic Fund, has increased the fund's equity weighting to a small overweight, having been significantly underweight the asset class since Q3 2007.
Scottish Widows launches two new Multi-Manager funds
Scottish Widows is to add two new Multi-Manager funds to its core range of pensions funds. The Scottish Widows Multi-Manager Diversity Fund and Scottish Widows Multi-Manager Select Boutiques Fund, managed by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), will be available from 26 May.
Rensburg sets course with all UK equity focus
Following its recent strategic review Rensburg Fund Management has chosen to concentrate its energy and resources on building its UK equity business.
Rensburg pursues UK equity only strategy
Rensburg Fund Management's decision to concentrate solely on UK equity investment has been reinforced by the agreement of the sale of its fixed interest capability to Gartmore Fund Managers Limited (Gartmore).
Interest rates to remain low, volatility high and deflation a real risk
Government bonds will remain a major investment theme in the current economic environment as the extent of the global slowdown will continue to fuel the need for substantially lower interest rates, says Head of Government Bonds for Threadneedle, Quentin Fitzsimmons.
Leading indicators point to a recovery in Continental Europe
Olly Russ, manager of the top-quartile Ignis Argonaut European Income Fund, explains why current conditions favour Continental European equity income stocks.
HEXAM and Argonaut funds added to Sesame panel
The Ignis HEXAM Global Emerging Markets Fund and the Ignis Argonaut European Income Fund have been approved by Sesame, the UK's leading IFA network and support services provider.
Indian stocks surge after a decisive election result
Indian stocks gained 17% in a single day after national election results gave the ruling Congress Party a stronger mandate. This is the largest increase achieved in 24 hours for the benchmark BSE Sensex Index for almost twenty years.
Can market timing beat a sensible long-term investment strategy?
F&C: Despite all their technical wizardry and financial expertise, investors love a good old-fashioned adage.
Ethical investors to rise by 18 per cent in 2009
New research from The Co-operative Investments reveals that 18 per cent more people intend to invest ethically this year, confirming the financial crisis will lead to growth in green investments.
Shareholder engagement on the increase but more to be done
The Investment Management Association (IMA) has published its fifth Fund Managers' Engagement Survey, looking at how fund managers engage with the companies in which they invest.
Confident on India's long term growth
Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, comments: "The key feature of the decisive victory in the Indian elections for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is that it will not have to rely on the Communist Party-led alliance, which held back much needed reforms in the past five years, to form a government.
Is Multi-Manager Changing?
Multi-Manager funds may be turning into a different kind of vehicle because of the condition of the markets, says Defaqto's Fraser Donaldson.
Regular investing versus lump sum investments
Whilst the FTSE All Share posted one of its best monthly returns in the last twenty five years in April, it's nevertheless been a torrid year for investors.