Teamwork between the fund manager, sales and administration is massively underrated and can be the difference between success and failure.
Fund Managers
Revealed: The Bonds Elite, and where they work
Citywire’s Bonds Elite list is out. Here, we look at the groups that employ the most managers from the list.
Search our sectors: September’s performances ranked
Alternatives funds such as Odey’s Swan posted standout performances last month. Use Amplify’s data tool to filter by group and sector, and read our top-line takeaways.
Would you buy shares in an asset manager?
The S&P has dropped like a stone this year, but quoted asset management companies have fared even worse. What happened?
David Roberts: Why I had to quit fund management
Bond fund manager David Roberts explores his passion for the job, which borders on the unhealthy. Writing exclusively for Citywire Amplify, he explains why he had to step back.
Keith Skeoch: A radical change in returns is under way
Investments with a strong balance sheet, cashflows that are insensitive to interest rates and a strong management team look to be the best place to ride out the storm, says industry veteran.
Blame policymakers, not LDIs, for the current crisis
Robert Kyprianou, who proposed LDI strategies during his fund management career, says it is right to review governance and leverage, but markets remain unconvinced UK policymakers are competent.
Young pretenders: Six funds poised to make a sales splash
Top-performing funds can shake up the status quo when they hit three years old. Frank Talbot picks his ones to watch each month.
David Roberts: Do we never learn? Echoes of 2008 as gilts tumble
Retired bond fund manager David Roberts looks back on a tumultuous fortnight in the markets – but says what goes around, comes around.