| In search of stability in uncertain times…
With the investment industry – along with the rest of world – still adapting to the new normal of life with coronavirus, the launch this week, by Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, of a new series of ETF-based funds designed to address the challenges of unstable market cycles, seems perfectly timed. But as Deustche Bank Wealth Management’s global chief investment officer Christian Nolting tells Beverly Chandler, the funds, which have an element of downside protection built in, were originally conceived last year, in line with the company’s belief in the importance of long-term strategic asset allocation. Staying with the coronavirus theme, we also report on a new survey by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) which examines how the supermarket sector is responding to the challenges posed by Covid-19. And with pubs and restaurants likely to remain closed for the foreseeable future, the initial stockpiling spike in sales, which saw British consumers splash an additional GBP1.9 million at the checkouts in March, could translate into a longer term increase in sales. And longer term – twenty years to be exact – is key to another new study out this week, this time from AMG, which examines the performance over the past two decades of boutique asset managers in times of increased volatility. As the research reveals, they outperformed both larger active asset managers and passive indexing. Wealth Adviser
Companies in this issue AIC AMG BlackRock
Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Garraway Capital Management Lyxor Asset Management
Morningstar Nucleus
Objectway
Sustainalytics UBS
| | | | | | Study finds small is beautiful in asset managers | Fri | 24 Apr 2020, 12:30 | AMG, an asset manager that invests in boutique asset managers, has released a study that looks at 20 years of performance data of independent boutique asset managers globally, looking especially at their performance during periods of volatility. |
| | | | Garraway Capital Management unveils discretionary fund management platform | Fri | 24 Apr 2020, 12:30 | Boutique asset manager Garraway Capital Management has launched a discretionary fund management platform, which has been designed with the needs of independent financial advisers (IFAs) in mind, and aims to help alleviate their regulatory burden and allow them to focus on servicing clients, while providing full transparency. |
| | | | | | Global ETF launches 16-24.04.20 | Fri | 24 Apr 2020, 12:30 | The pick of this week’s new ETFs is the ‘milestone’ launch by BlackRock of a suite of three new iShares funds that combine environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues with the growing demand for minimum volatility factor strategies. BlackRock says it expects the sustainable indexing sector to attract USD1.2 trillion in new assets in the next decade. Elsewhere, UBS debuted a new Chinese government bonds ETF and Lyxor a fund based on the DAX 50 ESG index, with both making their bow on Xetra. |
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