• October 28 2024
  FT Asset Management

  BlackRock changes the subject

  Plus, the lopsided market rally, a shift in emerging markets investing, and Tim Burton at the Design Museum

  
• October 28 2024
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Georgia’s disputed election

  Pivotal election widely seen as a choice between a future in Europe or alignment with Moscow

  
• October 25 2024
  Private investing

  Long-term asset funds: a new route to private markets?

  UK catches up with the US retail market, but investors need to be aware of liquidity constraints

  
• October 25 2024
  Tech boom forces US funds to dump shares to avoid breach of tax rules

  Asset managers including Fidelity and T Rowe Price are bumping up against limits on size of large holdings

  
• October 24 2024
  Jupiter Fund Management PLC

  Jupiter vetoes handing fund to star manager Ben Whitmore

  FTSE 250 constituent had considered allowing stockpicker to manage money from new firm for a fee

  
• October 24 2024
  Alice Ross

  Investors give funds aligned to Paris Agreement a wider berth

  ESG funds which track companies’ adherence to climate pledges have been falling from favour

  
• October 24 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  Citigroup unveils plan to power active ETF surge in Europe

  The US bank plans to capitalise on its wide range of in-house services with white-label platform

  
• October 23 2024
  Financial ThinkingJonathan Guthrie

  My unpatriotic portfolio shame

  Should I be denounced for spurning UK domestic assets?

  
• October 23 2024
  James Henderson

  Can you beat 5 per cent with UK dividend shares?

  Be cautious of the yields you might see on investment platforms

  
• October 22 2024
  Private equity

  Private equity management fees fall to lowest level since records began

  Fund managers are fighting to secure investors’ money in a tough environment

  
• October 22 2024
  Markets InsightHoward Marks

  There are only two asset classes: ownership and debt

  Non-investment grade public and private debt now offer prospective returns that are competitive with equities

  
• October 21 2024
  FT Asset Management

  Norway’s $2tn man

  Plus, Harvard donations drop, the yen declines and Egon Schiele at the Neue Galerie

  
• October 21 2024
  Janus Henderson Group

  Janus Henderson launches first European active ETF

  The $360bn manager has built an active ETF name in the US with CLO funds, but this taps into its Japan equities expertise

  
• October 18 2024
  The Long ViewKatie Martin

  Emerging markets are having a moment

  US interest rate cuts spur reassessment of asset class and bolster its allure

  
• October 18 2024
  Pensions industry

  Pension funds warn being forced to invest in UK would be ‘huge mistake’

  Industry concerned at possibility of having to buy lower-quality assets at unattractive prices

  
• October 17 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  UK investors seize advantage and feast on bargain passive funds

  Analysts suggest kickbacks might explain how, in contrast, 89% of flows to Luxembourg funds went to active vehicles

  
• October 15 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  Sustainable fund specialist Robeco launches first ETFs

  The Dutch asset manager joins growing number of active managers to enter exchange traded fund industry

  
• October 14 2024
  FT Asset Management

  The AI disruption coming for CIOs

  Plus, CIA interrogation techniques, UK investors warming up to remuneration and nerves in French government bonds

  
• October 14 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  Hurricane-themed ETF to be liquidated

  ProcureAM’s $3mn FIXT fund, which invests in natural disaster recovery, has been unable to attract investors

  
• October 13 2024
  Endowments and foundations race to outsource investment management

  Funds turn to external managers after other revenue sources faltered

  
• October 12 2024
  Investments

  Falling rates and growing confidence in US economy drive a bond revival

  Fixed-income ETFs see record inflows as investors seek steady returns and hedge against a stock sell-off

  
• October 11 2024
  Jupiter Asset Management Ltd

  Jupiter warns of further outflows ahead of star stockpicker’s exit

  Investors pull £1.6bn from value funds in latest quarter before Ben Whitmore’s departure

  
• October 11 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  Mutual fund to ETF conversions pose difficulties, Deloitte finds

  The process creates logistical problems for managers and their clients, some of whom do not have brokerage accounts

  
• October 10 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  China stimulus unleashes ETF buying spree in US and Europe

  Bonanza helped lift global September inflows to $141bn, keeping industry on track for record-breaking year

  
• October 8 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  $300bn in ETFs affected by S&P indices reshuffle

  Rebalance was prompted by concerns over the continued growth of tech stocks such as Nvidia

  

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