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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 difference between PR and journalism
“Journalism,” it was once said, “is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.” It’s a quote that should be framed on the wall of every newsroom. Of course, every journalist knows this. We call PR the...
Q & A with Janette Rutterford: Some reminders from market history
JANETTE RUTTERFORD is Emeritus Professor of Finance at the Open University Business School. Janette has also taught finance at the London School of Economics, and worked in corporate finance at N. M. Rothschild & Sons Limited. Amongst other subjects, Janette has focused...
The ghost the Investment Association cannot banish
It’s now nearly four years since the Investment Association dispensed with the services of its Chief Executive Daniel Godfrey. But his ghost still haunts the UK fund industry trade body like Banquo at Macbeth’s banquet. Godfrey, you’ll recall, proposed a voluntary code...
How men and women invest windfalls differently
By SAMANTHA LAMAS Financial-behaviour studies frequently suggest a difference between the behaviour of women versus men. For example, studies like Odean’s and Barber’s “Boys Will Be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment” found that men’s tendency toward overconfidence bias prompts...
Uncertainty: A radical way of staying the course
By RICK FERRI What are you doing in this market environment? I’ve been asked this question thousands of times, in all market environments. It’s a difficult question because it’s natural to want to do something useful today in preparation for what...
The outperformance of low volatility
By HAMISH PRESTON from S&P Dow Jones Indices Many financial theories are based on the idea that riskier investments should offer higher returns. However, there is a bank of evidence – accumulated since the 1970s – showing that less volatile stocks posted...
