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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 other Bond movie
The bond markets have seen rapidly steepening yield curves in recent weeks. Why has it been happening? And where will it all end? It’s a tough time for James Bond fans, with the 25th edition of the franchise No Time to...
Can machines identify winning fund managers in advance?
By its own admission, Morningstar’s system of star ratings is of limited use in predicting future fund performance. Can machines do any better? LARRY SWEDROE looks at the latest evidence. Morningstar is best known for its star rating service, which is...
Link’s role in Woodford fiasco laid bare in new book
A new book on the collapse of Woodford Investment Management has detailed the pivotal role played by Link Fund Solutions. Financial Times journalist OWEN WALKER, author of Built on a Lie, says that as Authorised Corporate Director for WIM, Link bears...
DIY trading boom storing up problems for the future
There’s been a huge increase in DIY trading during the coronavirus pandemic — particularly among young people. Sparrows Capital’s MARK NORTHWAY fears we could be storing up problems for the future. This article was first published by IFA Magazine and is reprinted...
It’s time for some humility from Hargreaves Lansdown
By ROBIN POWELL As a journalist, you have to smile when people in authority blame the media when things to wrong. What they tend to forget, of course, is that it’s often because of the media that they got to where...
The Covid crash one year on: how was it for you?
It’s 12 months since the sharp falls in global stock markets resulting from the spread of Covid-19. The falls began in the last week of February. There was another steep decline on 9th March. Two days later, President Trump announced a travel...