Markets

London Capital & Finance Scars Raise Risk Concerns Over LTAFs Among MPs

The Treasury Committee has raised a series of concerns regarding the development and promotion of Long-Term Asset Fund... Read more

Yen Robust On Strong Wage Growth Data, NFP To Determine Dollars Path

Japanese Yen continues to dominate as the strongest currency for the week, finding additional support from Japan’s u... Read more

Outflows Slow To £137m In October As UK Investors Gravitate Towards Safer Assets

Outflows from UK-domiciled funds significantly slowed in October, as investors turned to safer asset classes, accordin... Read more

Yen Dominates With Strong Rally, USD/JPY Enters Bearish Trend Reversal

Yen is trading as the runaway leader in today’s market, dominating traders’ focus. This rally was initially trigge... Read more

AXA Framlington Shakes Up Management Of £600m UK Select Opportunities

AXA Framlington has changed the lead manager of its UK Select Opportunities fund. Read more

HANetf Launches 'pure Play' Article 8 Copper Mining ETF

HANetf has launched a fund in partnership with Sprott Asset Management investing in copper mining equities, which the ... Read more

Fundhouse Hires Fund Research Veteran Peter Brunt

Fundhouse has hired fund research veteran Peter Brunt as a senior investment analyst. Read more

IShares Adds To Fixed Income Suite With Double ESG Bond ETF Launch

BlackRock’s iShares has launched two ESG bond ETFs aimed at investors looking to incorporate decarbonisation commitm... Read more

Multi-asset Teams Sentiment Indicator: Japanese Equities Most Favoured In Q4

Scopic Research monitors the sentiment of multi-asset teams towards different growth, defensive, and diversifying asse... Read more

Amundi Unveils Asia Income ESG Bond Fund

Amundi has launched the Article 8-classified Asia Income ESG Bond fund, which will invest across all Asian fixed incom... Read more

LTAFs Elude Retail Investors As Platforms Shun Innovative Finance ISA

Several UK investment platforms have no plans to offer an Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), meaning retail investors wil... Read more

Greencoat UK Wind Co-manager Fumagalli To Step Down

Greencoat UK Wind’s (UKW) co-manager Laurence Fumagalli is set to step down from his role as co-head of Schroders Gr... Read more

LSEG'S Dewi John: AI As An Investment Theme

“Hallucination” is the Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year. How the boffins at the bumper book of words arrive a... Read more

Finsbury Growth & Income Performance 'concerning' As Trust Lags Benchmark For Third Consecutive Year

The £1.8bn Finsbury Growth & Income trust (FGT) has lagged its benchmark for the third consecutive year, accordin... Read more

FCA: Investment Firms Fall Short Of Consumer Duty Vulnerability And Data Sharing Requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority said it is “disappointed” by the way some consumer investment firms have been appl... Read more