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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...
The fundamental flaw of active ETFs
Active ETFs are all the rage. But, says ROBIN POWELL, they have a major design fault that should put you off. The clue is in the name. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,...
Six lessons from A Random Walk Down Wall Street
It’s one of the most famous books on investing ever written. It’s sold more than two million copies. The investment philosophy set out in A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by the Princeton University economist Burton Malkiel, is very...
How wide is the gender pension gap?
You are probably familiar with the gender pay gap — the fact that women are often paid less than men for doing the same job. But another example of inequality that receives less attention is the gender pension gap. On average,...
The best and worst of times to be an investor
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens, A Tale of two Cities These are strange times we are living in. We...
How do fund managers invest their own money?
New research identifies active fund managers as a community under threat. In this video, we talked to King’s College London academic Professor CRAWFORD SPENCE about his findings and how many fund managers do not actually believe their own hype, and invest...
Are you a speculator or an investor?
Robin writes: There has been so much said and written in recent years about active and passive investing. Rightly so — it’s an important subject that investors need to understand. But active and passive isn’t necessarily the most helpful distinction. For...
