UK investment opportunities for a decisive decade
From Brexit to 2030 via climate change and a global pandemic; the 2020s are shaping up to be an eventful decade for the UK economy.
Join Citywire and J.P. Morgan Asset Management to make sense of what might happen.
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Loving the unloved
Callum Abbot talks candidly about investing in the UK stock market – one of the most unloved markets in the world – as advisers pose a range of questions to the Citywire A-rated JP Morgan fund manager.
Value breaches tech boom low
Value has experienced its longest period in the doldrums since the great depression of the 1930s and is now cheaper relative to growth than it was during the height of the tech boom. JP Morgan fund manager Ian Butler sees parallels between today and the late 90s with...
UK Equity Plus – A lot can happen in five years…and a lot did happen
Last week marked five years since we launched the UK Equity Plus strategy. In that time we’ve delivered top quartile performance (compared to the IA UK All Companies peer group), with lower than average volatility. All this despite one of the most volatile macro...
JP Morgan’s Butler traverses value tightrope
This year has been brimming with opportunity and rife with risk for value managers like Ian Butler. The stock market sell-off in March allowed him to add defensive names at knock-down prices to a portfolio typically populated with cyclicals. However, global lockdowns...
The long and short of it: Review of the markets in August
We are in the process of moving house. It’s really a function of a two bed flat in London being a bit cramped for a soon to be family of four rather than any call on the housing market. We went to see a property the other weekend and have subsequently had our offer...
The long and short of it: Review of markets in July
It has been great to have test cricket being played again. A sport I am utterly useless at (and one I found pretty dull throughout childhood) but as I’ve grown older, and duller, it’s really become one of my favourites. I think it must be something to do with the...
Smaller companies to own for after the crisis
Companies might struggle to post profits this year, but JPM UK Smaller Companies fund manager Georgina Brittain has her sights set on 2021 and beyond. ‘Don’t just think about the here and now,’ she said. ‘This year will be a write-off in profit terms for some...
Smaller companies crush the curveballs
UK smaller companies funds have produced more than double the returns of funds with a larger or multi-cap focus in the four years since the EU referendum. The average return in the IA UK smaller companies sector in the four years to 22 June is 32.3% – 130% more than...
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Standing out from the crowd in UK equity
Most equity investors generate returns by buying shares of stocks they think will go up. However, investors can benefit from stocks that they think will go down, using a technique called short selling, or ‘shorting’. To take a short position, an investor borrows the...
Optimism, pragmatism, fear: IFAs in Covid juggling act
Long-term investment planning and diversification is an IFA’s bread and butter. Most IFAs have put an emphasis on educating clients so they do not panic when something comes out of left field and, as of last year, 10% portfolio drop letters started arriving. But...
Investec scraps IPO sale of Ninety One stock in turmoil
Investec has decided against selling a 10% stake in its funds division Ninety One as part of its planned listing of the business next week. Investec emphasised that the planned listing on the London Stock Exchange remained on track for 16 March, but it...
FTSE falls 7.9% as US stocks trigger suspension after oil crash
Update: The FTSE 100 has fallen back under the 6,000 mark after a 7% plunge at the US open triggered a suspension to dealing on US stock markets. The UK blue-chip index was down 478 points, or 7.4%, at 5,983, as dealing on US stock markets was halted for 15...
Chancellor hints looser fiscal rules could soften coronavirus impact
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hinted he could loosen his fiscal rules to help the UK deal with the impact of coronavirus. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show yesterday, the chancellor declined to comment on whether he would stick to a government...
Standard Life Aberdeen global strategy head exits after 20 years
Standard Life Aberdeen’s head of global strategy Andrew Milligan is leaving the firm after 20 years. Milligan will be stepping down in the next few weeks, Wealth Manager understands. While there will be no immediate replacement for the role, his...
Aviva lobbies FCA to change advice-guidance boundary
Life and pensions giant Aviva is directly lobbying the regulator about its concerns over the boundary between regulated advice and guidance, New Model Adviser® can reveal. Last week, the Association of British Insurers (ABI), of which Aviva is a member,...
‘Keep calm & carry on’: how 5 IFAs are dealing with client coronavirus fears
Last week, coronavirus fears led to markets worldwide crashing to their worst week since the financial crisis. Although markets have risen at the start of this week, the intense volatility is prompting many clients to contact their advisers. New Model...
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