After a strong run in 2017, Indian equities have suffered a fall from grace in 2018, with the MSCI India index having fallen by 8.5% year-to-date in sterling terms*. Does this mean that investors should be wary of Indian equities, or have recent...
Upon the birth of his third child, Prince William captured the reality of...
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Korea has dominated headlines for a few reasons recently, from heightened...
2017 was a bumper year for global dividends, following a strengthening world economy and rising corporate confidence. In fact, the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index report* found that global dividends rose to record highs last year, due to...
From the Eiffel Tower to the White House: making money from communications On 12 January 1908,...
Inflation remained stubbornly high at 3% last month*, with the price of food and non-alcoholic...
Most government bonds no longer offer any income to speak of and some are even guaranteed to lose...
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No fewer than three funds managed by Baillie Gifford have made it into the top 10 performing Elite...
Upon the birth of his third child, Prince William captured the reality of parenthood with his comment “thrice the worry”. Worrying is indeed part and parcel of being a parent – from the health of your baby, to their ongoing development, feeding them,...
Some 71 nations and territories – representing one-third of the world’s population...
Finland was voted the happiest place to live last week. In the Sixth UN World Happiness Report 2018...
In his Spring Statement in March 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond called the Conservatives the...
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Brexit negotiations are causing rather a lot of uncertainty. It’s therefore not surprising that some UK investors are opting to invest overseas instead, with emerging market and European equities...
With the anniversary of the Brexit vote only days away and Theresa May still trying to make minority...
The era of free money—now 100 months of interest rates at emergency levels of 0.5% or lower—has...
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Korea has dominated headlines for a few reasons recently, from heightened tensions between North Korea and the US, to South Korea’s hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics in February. As our first foray into exploring single-country markets, we...
There are now less than two days left to make the most of our handy tax-free ISA wrappers. And, with...
Emerging market equities had a strong 2017. While all eyes were on the UK and US stock markets,...
From Mexico’s Copper Canyon to the Bolivian salt flats and Venezuela’s Angel Falls,...
At the end of January, the U.S. equity market climbed to its steepest valuation level in history. From those levels, the expectation is that the S&P 500 will lose value, on a total return basis, over the coming 12-year horizon. That’s not a...
Whilst some commentators (and the Federal Reserve) insist that there is no bubble in US equity...
On 5 December 2012, Shinzo Abe was elected prime minister of Japan and launched his extraordinary...
ISA allowances The ISA allowance will remain unchanged at £20,000 for the 2018-2019 tax year. The...
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After a surge in redemptions following the Brexit vote, many property funds were forced to suspend...
A number of fund management companies have suspended trading on their physical property funds....
Perhaps reflecting uncertainty in the asset class in the lead up to and following the UK’s...
For those of you unfamiliar with the adage ‘sell in May and go away, don’t come back till St. Leger’s Day’, it refers to the custom of London-based aristocrats, merchants and bankers going to the ‘country’ to...
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Aberdeen Standard Investments has today announced that, after 24 years in the industry, Kevin Troup will be retiring. Kevin joined Standard Life Investments in 2010 and has run the Global Equity Income fund since January 2012, when its investment...
Our annual Fund Management Equity Index is designed to help investors identify those asset...
Janus Henderson announced this week that Chris Burvill, manager of the Janus Henderson Cautious...
Three Elite Rated funds picked up accolades at the 13th annual Professional Adviser awards last...
Cyber breaches have been hitting the news one after the other this year. In May, the National Health Service was struck by a ransomware virus called WannaCry. It locked users out of their computers, disrupting surgeries and medical appointments,...
Trump’s tearing up of the climate change agreement and Sports Direct’s poor treatment of...
Investing is about generating returns on your money. It is a way of saving for your future and...
Smoking isn’t good for you, but it’s been very good for UK investors’ returns over...
After a strong run in 2017, Indian equities have suffered a fall from grace in 2018, with the MSCI India index having fallen by 8.5% year-to-date in sterling terms*. Does this mean that investors should be wary of Indian equities, or have recent...
Technology stocks have dominated financial headlines recently, following social media giant...
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Emerging market equities have had a good year so far, returning 29%* in US dollar terms and...