From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE May 27, 2012

US groups have a head start in UK post RDR

Fee-based models are already common in the US

An electronic screen displayed at the London Stock Exchange in London, UK ©Bloomberg From INVESTMENT STRATEGY May 13, 2012

High risk = high return belief is questioned

New data show low volatility stocks outperform high volatility ones

A miner works at AngloGold Ashanti’s Cuiaba gold mine in Sabara, Minas Gerais, Brazil ©Bloomberg From INVESTMENT STRATEGY May 6, 2012

‘Bric’ is no longer useful grouping for investors

Emerging market investment has matured beyond Brics

protesters outside the Barclays AGM in London ©Getty From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Apr 29, 2012

Institutions wary of full disclosure on how they vote

Institutions remain reluctant to disclose voting practices

A chugger talks to a shopper in Oxford Street, London, UK ©Alamy From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Apr 22, 2012

Squeezed charities seek better investment

Pressure to rise on fund managers for lower fees and better returns

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Apr 15, 2012

Debate starts on the way bosses’ pay is calculated

Return on capital, measuring debt as well as equity, might be a better metric

A man walks into the headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC ©Bloomberg From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Apr 8, 2012

Global standards are still a far-off goal

Regulatory harmonisation looks a long way off, but it is coming

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Apr 1, 2012

Managers ‘talk more than walk’ on SRI

Despite many steps in the right direction, investors have yet to embrace SRI

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Mar 25, 2012

Behind the profit rises at UK fund managers

Steep rises in profits contrasted with disappointing assets under management

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Mar 18, 2012

Fund houses face fee drop in post-RDR landscape

Discount pressure is expected, but an advice gap could also appear

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Mar 4, 2012

‘Weakest currency areas give best returns’

The research flies in the face of conventional FX wisdom

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 26, 2012

‘Golden age’ foreseen for distressed debt sector

$1tn of assets could change hands at big discounts over the next few years

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 5, 2012

New Asian dividend culture lures investors

The yield across Asia ex-Japan is now 3.16 per cent, according to the FTSE Group

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 29, 2012

The pros and cons of binning benchmarks

A Fidelity paper on unconstrained investment is convincing

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 15, 2012

Research shows ‘new balanced’ style fails

Diversifiers have in reality concentrated portfolios, Cap Gen believes

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 8, 2012

‘Shift to emerging markets will persist’

Many managers think investors will shun developed world in 2012

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Dec 18, 2011

Tobin tax costs ‘would fall on investors’

Commission’s ‘Tobin’ tax would kill off some relatively safe investments

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Dec 11, 2011

Emerging markets the place to be for big pay

Survey finds war for talent is driving extravagant EM pay packages

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Nov 27, 2011

Fine time to utilise those LDI strategies

Ignoring liabilities spells trouble

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Nov 21, 2011

Would a break-up of the euro end Ucits?

Few believe the death of either the euro or the Ucits fund market is nigh