It is quite a consensus call to have an overweight position on developed market credit but, says Williams Sels (pictured), UK Head of Investment Strategy at HSBC Private Bank, this still makes a lot of sense… We would rather be

Hedge funds gave back 1.13% in May according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Index remains up 1.87%. “After eight months of steady gains, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index fell back in May,” says Sol

David Miller, Partner at Cheviot Asset Management, believes that whilst austerity measures have been passed, this will not do much to soothe the nerves of investors, who will still be worried about how Greek voters will cooperate with the plans…

State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has been appointed by Flintshire County Council to run a GBP20m mandate on behalf of the Clwyd Pension Fund. State Street Global Advisors currently manages more than GBP5bn

Japan is a market that James Sullivan, manager of the CF Miton Arcturus Fund, continues to believe is the most realistically valued of all the major equity markets… 

The level of the exchange rate is generally viewed as crucial to

By Paul Farrell (pictured), Ingrid Pierce and Deborah Poole – With the impact of the global financial crisis on the performance of investment funds fading, managers’ attention is increasingly focused on the evolving regulatory framework. However, the after-effects of the

By Simon Gray – Legislators, financial regulators and investors in alternative funds are examining how the informational deficiencies that did much to exacerbate the industry’s problems over the past few years can best be remedied. Their efforts to address the

By Andrew Dollery (pictured) and Sophie Bentley – The proliferation of alternative Ucits funds has become a key feature of the fund industry landscape as investors demand more regulated, transparent and liquid products. Newedge has responded to this demand by