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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering. As anyone who’s read The...
Three disadvantages female investors face
The good news is, research shows that female investors often make better investors than men. The bad news, as ROBIN POWELL explains, is that women also face some big disadvantages when it comes to saving for retirement. Human beings are not...
Do active fund managers add value?
Active strategies are still hugely popular amongst investors. Despite their popularity though, the evidence shows that very few of these actively managed funds actually manage to outperform the market average. Robin Powell talked to the University of Bristol’s PROFESSOR IAN TONKS...
Hogwarts Finance: how investment wizardry is failing US retirees
By ROBIN POWELL There are very few human activities in which those with no expertise and no previous experience can outperform highly paid professionals. Investing happens to be one of them. If that sounds a little unlikely, take a look at...
Why fund industry marketing is so seductive
For decades, fund industry marketing was hugely successful. Fund houses would invest tens of millions of pounds every year on getting their products in front of consumers. It was awesomely lucrative, and to an extent it still is. But why is fund...
Second Lives: Taking risks with investigative journalism
Robin writes: In this latest episode of our “Second Lives” podcast series, JONATHAN HOLLOW sits down with ROZINA BREEN, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Rozina candidly shares her journey from a working-class background to leading a...
How to stay disciplined during crashes and corrections
As uncomfortable as they can be, crashes and corrections are a big part of equity investing. It’s natural to start worrying when the value of your investments falls suddenly but, as behavioural scientist MEIR STATMAN explains in this video, there are...