August, historically, has been a busy month in terms of communications breakthroughs. On 16 August 1858, for example, the first transatlantic telegraph message was sent by Queen Victoria to American President James Buchanan. 100 years later on 13...
I read once that that the secret of the strength and longevity of the Great Wall...
Good news football fans: the wait is almost over. The new Premier League...
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is a brand of the combined investment...
While home-owners in the UK naturally focus on the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions, (mainly because it impacts our mortgage payments), investors tend to focus on the US Federal Reserve’s actions, because its interest rate policy...
The UK has traditionally been a hotbed for dividend paying companies’ and UK equity income funds,...
After a decade of low interest rates and the Bank of England showing no signs of increasing them...
There are plenty of investments that produce an income. From bond funds to property funds,...
New research from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has ranked Elite Rated Jupiter European Opportunities, BMO Global Smaller Companies and Baillie Gifford Japan among the top 20 most consistent investment trusts over the past decade. The...
While we may have started 2019 optimistically – hoping Brexit would finally be resolved...
Believe it or not, it’s been almost three years since the British people voted to leave the...
Each year, we conduct research to identify the asset management companies that have the most...
While interest rates on cash have remained stubbornly low since emergency rates were introduced in the global financial crisis, company dividends around the world have almost doubled in the past decade, according to Janus Henderson. In its latest...
Global equities have had a resurgence in popularity in recent months. According to the Investment...
Digital transformation is all around us: from the seemingly mundane (finally being able to book a...
Last year was not a good one for Far Eastern equities. As trade-wars escalated between the US and...
As I walked down Portobello Market recently I was immediately drawn to a couple selling candles. Did I need another candle? No. And I certainly didn’t need one costing £18 when I could just as easily find something similar costing less than a tenner...
It’s almost three years since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union plunged the UK...
February 2009 was a scary time for investors. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the...
On Monday 15th September 2008, I remember walking into the office, not knowing quite what to expect....
According to a recent survey commissioned by Franklin Templeton Investments, UK investors are more positive about the prospects for emerging markets, than they are for the UK stock market: while only 16%* of UK investors expect the UK stock market to...
The UK has traditionally been a hotbed for dividend paying companies’ and UK equity income funds,...
11 April 2019 marked the start of the election process in India, with current prime minister...
Over the past decade, developed market equities, with cumulative returns of 254%*, have...
Good news football fans: the wait is almost over. The new Premier League campaign kicks off tonight. While there may be struggles ahead, the opening to the season is filled with nothing but hope and optimism. Having seen the transfers deadline day...
While Brexit party MEPs chose to turn their backs on the EU national anthem, and Lib Dem MEPs...
Back in May global stock markets had another wobble – and as ever the worry started after a tweet:...
This weekend, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will welcome world leaders to Osaka for the G-20...
How we shop has changed markedly over the past few years. I can remember trips to the high street with my girl friends being all-day, sociable affairs. These days, idly browsing in the shop is a rare treat as I’ve either got an unwilling...
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...
August, historically, has been a busy month in terms of communications breakthroughs. On 16 August 1858, for example, the first transatlantic telegraph message was sent by Queen Victoria to American President James Buchanan. 100 years later on 13...
I read once that that the secret of the strength and longevity of the Great Wall of China lies in...
Good news football fans: the wait is almost over. The new Premier League campaign kicks off tonight....
Multi-asset funds offer a straightforward solution for many investors who prefer to leave the big...
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is a brand of the combined investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments. The merger of these two businesses was completed in August 2017 to achieve operational economies of...
FundCalibre was launched at the end of July 2014, with 112 rated funds from 38 companies. Five years...
FundCalibre’s research team has a formal investment committee meeting twice a year. During...
After a very successful career, Andrew Rose, manager of Schroder Tokyo fund, has retired. A lifelong...
The school holidays began yesterday for my household. As we sat in the back garden sweltering in the 30 degree-plus heatwave, with just paddling pool to refresh us, I found myself longing for the comfort of the office and its air conditioning. The...
I thought I was doing OK in terms of being more environmentally-friendly in recent years. Yes, I...
Millennials get a bad rap. If you’ve read Time magazine. you’ll know we’re the ‘me me me...
With Christmas nearly upon us, parents around the country* are using blackmail to encourage good...
Over Easter, I unfortunately found myself a victim of fraud. Now, I like to think I’m computer savvy, as do most millennials; I don’t store any card details and all my “big” accounts have unique passwords. What I didn’t foresee is Uber creating a...
Last week, FundCalibre hosted its annual fund manager ‘speed-dating’ event. However,...
Spending two weeks without the internet over Christmas was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing...
Infrastructure is all around us; roads, railways, airports, water, gas, electricity, oil and gas...