In the chaotic sell-off of the global pandemic, and subsequent rebound, active managers outperformed their passive peers by some 8% over the past year*, according to research by FundCalibre. The research shows that 70% of actively managed global...
Today marks my 51st week of working from home. When I left the office with a few...
One of the virtues of the healthcare industry is its predictability. Selling...
FundCalibre has been named Fund Research Firm of the Year in the Corporate...
It’s been a torrid year for dividends. The COVID pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have resulted in a deluge of cuts and suspensions, with Link Group estimating the total decline for 2020 being somewhere in the region of 45% in the UK – some...
In the six months since the global pandemic forced the UK government to shut down the economy,...
Before the early 1990s, experts generally considered 5% to be a safe amount for retirees to withdraw...
The UK equity market has seen a plethora of dividend cuts and rights issues in the wake of the...
In the chaotic sell-off of the global pandemic, and subsequent rebound, active managers outperformed their passive peers by some 8% over the past year*, according to research by FundCalibre. The research shows that 70% of actively managed global...
On 20th February 2020, the fastest bear market in history began and, in just 20 days the global...
Baillie Gifford knocks Morgan Stanley off the top spot Having been there or thereabouts for the past...
Research from Quilter found that active equity fund managers outperformed their market indices in...
The latest UK Dividend Monitor from Link Group suggests that UK dividends may not regain their previous highs until 2025 at the very earliest. In what was rather bleak news for income investors, the report highlighted that eight years of growth had...
After a year like 2020, it seems almost foolish trying to predict what 2021 could hold in store. But...
Last month, leaders from 15 Asia-Pacific nations sealed one of the biggest trade deals in history....
Not so long ago, the West was ‘beating a path to China’s door’ seeking to ride on its coat-tails, as...
Today marks my 51st week of working from home. When I left the office with a few files and some stationary “just in case we’re not back for a couple of weeks” on 12 March 2020, little did I know I’d still be sitting at my desk in the spare...
As 2020 draws to a close we finally have some good news: a Brexit deal. When the detail is revealed,...
“Covid-19 has created a once-in-decade opportunity to pick-up exceptional investment trusts at...
According to the Investment Association, the proportion of UK retail investor assets in UK equity...
The Chinese Year of the Rat draws to a close on 12 February 2021. And what a year it turned out to be. Unaware of what lay ahead when posing the question ‘Will the Year of the Rat be prosperous?’ on 20 January last year, my article began with what...
In 2020, emerging market bond funds posted modest returns of around 3% on average*. Not a bad return...
The last decade has been dominated by the US. It’s stock market has returned almost 300% for...
While all eyes have been on the US stock market and the performance of the big tech companies, Asia...
On 20 January 2021, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. One thing is for sure: White House rhetoric is likely to be very different for the next four years. But what does it mean for US equities? Darius McDermott,...
As if 2020 hadn’t thrown enough at us already, the US Presidential election is now in day three and,...
Tuesday night was the first US Presidential Debate and it was…well, let’s just say if you were...
Having recently become the longest serving Prime Minister in Japan, Abe Shinzo announced that he...
As open-ended property funds are given the green light to reopen, we take a look at what caused the suspension of trading and discuss whether the property sector is still worth investing in. Why were funds suspended? While property fund suspensions...
Matt Jarvis from Legal & General tells us why you should still invest in property [0:20] and...
The UK housing market began its lockdown easing last month, with people in England once again...
With interest rates stuck at record lows and dividends under pressure, the search for investment...
One of the virtues of the healthcare industry is its predictability. Selling essential, non-discretionary products such as syringes or saline drips means that health care companies are usually relatively immune to economic turbulence and can even do...
When the news of successful vaccines first broke just before Christmas, travel and leisure- related...
In a world of constant change, stability can be comforting thing – especially when it comes to our...
For three decades Japan has experienced bouts of deflation and persistent weak growth. And, on the...
FundCalibre has been named Fund Research Firm of the Year in the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2020/21. This is the second time FundCalibre has been named winner in this category, having achieved the title in 2019. The Corporate LiveWire Awards...
Following FundCalibre’s Winter investment committee, two investment trusts have gained an Elite...
Jupiter Asset Management has announced that, from 15 February 2021, the Merian funds in its range...
Baillie Gifford knocks Morgan Stanley off the top spot Having been there or thereabouts for the past...
Just before Christmas, Denmark announced it would end all its offshore gas and oil activities by 2050, declaring it was “putting an end to the fossil era”. Instead, it is focusing on wind power and other renewable energy sources. The country is not...
In preparation for Good Money Week, I was talking to my husband at dinner about what I wanted to...
When it comes to responsible investing, the past couple of years have been dominated by the...
This week is Good Money Week. Now in its 15th year, it was started to raise awareness of...
Maybe it’s just me, but I think most of us all have that friend. They’re always telling you about the newest app, trend or get-rich-quick scheme. One of their favourite topics at some point in the past couple of years has probably been Bitcoin or...
It’s now week 38 of working from home for this FundCalibre employee. While I don’t miss the commute,...
October is Cyber Security Awareness month and, let’s face it, most of us could do with tightening up...
In the 1960s, some 4% of US Federal budget was spent on space exploration, and when Apollo 11 landed...