Hong Kong-based China and Emerging Markets specialist, Luke NG from FE Research runs through the key issues surrounding MSCI’s rejection of China’s A-Share market.
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Advisers have been opting for the perceived safety of cash funds over big-name brands in the weeks leading up to the EU referendum date, according to the latest data from FE’s Market Intel (MI) tool - underlining the risk-off sentiment gripping the UK’s advisory industry compared to the mood at the start of the year.
When Chris Walklate, product and proposition manager for Wesleyan, revamped the company’s online fund centre, he was looking for something high impact that would showcase Wesleyan’s funds and ‘bring the data to life’ for Wesleyan’s customers. He selected FE’s Precision+ Digital as the means to achieve this – and while the new fund centre has only been live for a matter of weeks, it has already been very well received.
In line with the first anniversary of FE Passive Crown ratings, the ratings and research firm has launched the industry’s first pure passive fund awards. This is in recognition of the growing importance that passive investing plays in the UK asset management industry and the commitment and professionalism of passive investing teams (Please see below for full list of 2016 winners).
As part of the Alpha Manager of the Year Awards 2016 the FE team produced a music video to set the scene and kick off the evening. The critically acclaimed video is now available for all to see. Watch it in full below, and please share or leave your feedback #fealphas16
Leading up to the much-anticipated FE Alpha Manager Awards on 14th April 2016, we asked managers featuring in our FE Alpha Manager Awards shortlist three key questions which not only sum up the past few months – but also, if magic was real, what they would conjure up if they had a magic wand!
Volatility is here to stay as FE repositions its successful model portfolio service, FE Invest – after a turbulent six months. The head of FE Research, Rob Gleeson underlines the rapid deterioration in market conditions as the catalyst for taking some risk off the table and allocating to broader market strategies, rather than highly focused funds in the current volatile market conditions.
Invesco Perpetual Income and Monthly Income Plus and Jupiter Merlin Income Portfolio were some of the largest funds falling out of favour with FE’s in-house analysts in the latest review of the FE Invest Approved fund list and the FE Invest MPS (model portfolio service).
Seventy-nine managers have made it onto the shortlist for this year’s FE Alpha Manager of the Year Awards, with Barry Norris, Rupert Flemming, Julian Fosh, Anthony Cross and Anthony Robertson leading the list of the industry’s top talent.
Henderson Global Investors and Fidelity Investments have triumphed in this year’s FE Alpha Manager ratings rebalance, with the two groups each boasting ten managers who have been awarded the highly coveted Alpha Manager status.