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Selecting investment managers online
It has become more difficult to select investment managers in recent years because there are many more players than there used to be, there is much more specialisation among the managers, and there is a greater demand for transparency and due diligence, says Felix Kottmann, founder of Zurich-based consultancy Kottmann ...
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Time to stand on our own legs
Quis custodes custodiet – who guards the guards? This month’s Off the Record looks at the power and influence of credit rating agencies and – in passing – investment analysts. Has their power increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished? The power of rating agencies was illustrated dramatically recently ...
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BG picks up $1bn
Edinburgh investment manager Baillie Gifford has been appointed to run approximately $1bn (€934m) in assets for the $5.4bn Vanguard International Growth Fund. Baillie Gifford Overseas, a subsidiary of the asset manager, will manage around 20%-25% of the fund’s portfolio and a similar proportion of the $210m Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund. ...
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Positive about equity returns
After three consecutive down years in equity markets, Schroders believes 2003 will be a better one for investors, despite current gloom, and we will look to add to our equity holdings as economic indicators improve. We expect gradual economic growth in 2003, although the pace is likely to be modest. ...
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Compare against clients' goals
One good outcome of the stock market plunge of the last few years is that it has exposed ‘relative’ performance as a misleading indicator of financial health. The consultant who says to his client, “good news, your portfolio did better than the market, now please contribute umpty ump million pounds ...
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All together to save the system
“We must save our pay-as-you-go system, and we must save it together,” declared French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, in a rousing oratory to France’s economic and social council on February 3. The rhetoric will have been lapped up by the 300,000 plus protesters who had just taken to the streets ...
