One of the more irritating features of the recent few months has been the constant chant from ESG enthusiasts that their more “sustainable” strategies are a better way of producing alpha for fund managers. I challenged this idea a few… Continue reading →
It’s very easy for cynics to pick on the top dog and sometimes I sense that much of the criticism of Hargreaves Lansdown is of a very English nature – top dog blunders is a great tag line after the… Continue reading →
Two stories in the financial news caught my attention today. The first is that the DMO has managed to sell gilts with a negative yield. This has prompted much anguished debate about whether negative interest rates might be on the… Continue reading →
Researchers at S&P Dow Jones yesterday previewed their SPIVA scorecard for European fund managers. You can see more information on this essential measure HERE – https://www.indexologyblog.com/2020/05/18/no-immunity-for-active-managers/ SPIVA is arguably the most consistent measurement system for active vs passive funds on… Continue reading →
A quick note today. My colleagues at ETF Stream have just announced that they’ll soon (the 17th of June) be launching the latest version of their top 30 movers and shakers within the passive funds space. You can find more… Continue reading →
Three stories to pick up on today, the first on the basic materials sector rebound, then weak Chinese central bank intervention and finishing with surging FAANGs. The first is a relatively bold call by Charles Ekins of EkinsGuiness (EkinsGuinness.com) who… Continue reading →
In this blog earlier this week – and online at my Citywire column HERE – I mentioned that defensive investors looking for a simple, easy way to buy across the infrastructure space was to buy into one of the growing… Continue reading →
Volatile market conditions, both upwards and downwards in direction, present real opportunities for certain types of investor. In theory hedge funds (and by default absolute returns managers) should benefit, although in truth only a small fraction do actually produce above… Continue reading →
Interesting report out yesterday form the real estate analysts’ team at Morgan Stanley. Entitled Taking Stock it asks the question many of us are asking – is now the time with deep discounts to jump back into real estate funds?… Continue reading →
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