The folly of chasing benchmarks

It has the potential to create a significant mismatch between client needs and outcomes

The long & short of what's next

This week heralds the start of the final quarter of 2020. What an extraordinary year it has been thus far. Of course, for investment managers, the key area to focus on is what next?

Coronavirus weekly round-up:

UK government backtracks on return to work push and scraps the autumn budget

Global Friday Update 25/09

James Klempster CFA presents our Global Matters Friday update.

Liquid alternatives are just the tonic for thirsty investors

Smaller companies are back in fashion

Small cap firms are benefiting from Covid-19

Staying out of the rough

The US Open is regularly dubbed the ‘toughest test in golf’.

Global Friday Update 18/09

James Klempster CFA presents our Global Matters Friday update.

Professional Adviser: The free lunch of diversification

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch - or is there?

Realpolitik

Realpolitik is the art of designing policy based on practical rather than ideological considerations: what works, not what we think should work.

Yellow metal, green lights

Gold has outshone most other investments in 2020, having broken through to new all-time highs in July, surpassing levels last reached nearly 10 years ago.

Pivot to Reits 'inevitable' after FCA proposals

Investors wanting property exposure will “inevitably pivot” towards real estate investment trusts after the regulator’s proposed rules on open-ended property funds, experts have estimated.