Schroders Asian Income Maximiser tops yield charts - Investors Chronicle
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:50The Maximiser strategy has the advantage of drawing from two sources of yield: stock dividends and call options (the option to buy assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date). The fund's aim is to give investors access to capital growth ...
Europe: the funds route - Investors Chronicle
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:18BlackRock Greater Europe has beaten its sector average NAV and share price returns over one, three and five years, as well as most of its peers. It makes positive returns in most years. The fund has some exposure to emerging Europe and Russia, ...
Institutional investors rediscover attractions of convertible bond hedge funds - Hedge Funds Review Magazine
Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:41If convertibles mature out of the money, you have an opportunity loss of half the coupon, however unlimited upside potential with the underlying share price.” Schroders' Carrell points to convertibles' usefulness to fixed income investors, ...
Selectors view: how to play the commodity market - Citywire.co.uk
Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:08I play commodities via ETCs, ETFs, futures and mutual funds. ETF Securities and Source provide good ETFs and ETCs, and UBS RICI funds (tracking Jim Rogers commodity index), Vontobel Belvista Commodity fund and Schroder Alt Sol Commodities provide great ...
Buying British can give you a great return across the globe - The Independent
Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:00"The share price has had a good run over the last two months, so new investors should drip feed into the stock for the time being." For those who lack the necessary skills and confidence to invest in individual stocks the answer is to opt for a fund ...