Fund manager Rick Aster's tips on consistency
Consistency. What a beautiful word for investors. Just ask those who have invested in Rick Aster’s Meridian Growth Fund, which has...
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Investor perspectives Archive
Susan Levermann, manager of DWS Europa Innovation fund, talks about innovative investing
It’s sometimes difficult to know when you’re hearing the truth, especially when dealing with skilled communicators. Susan...
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Loose cannons
In military terminology, ‘asymmetric warfare’ occurs when a small band of insurgents are able to hamstring a much larger force by...
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Research Roundup 2006
Every year, IR magazine commissions surveys of over 5,000 investors and analysts around the globe as part of the research for its...
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The ultimate price: unbundling soft commissions
If you only have the time to learn one fact about the unbundling of soft commissions, it should be this: it hasn’t taken place yet...
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Playing for growth: fund manager Neil Wesley
Fund manager and analyst Neil Wesley originally trained as a classical pianist, but this 33-year-old Australian admits he made an...
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Brain freeze
A brochure came in the mail advising me to put my body into cold storage or, as a backup plan, to have my head removed, dipped in...
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Research revolution
One of the UK’s most eminent economists, John Kay has built a reputation as something of an iconoclast. He was made the first...
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Inside the buy side
Attracting buy-side attention is one of the most challenging and fundamental jobs for IROs. With thousands of public companies...
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Spotlight on Zurich
Switzerland is renowned for its authoritative asset management industry, with Zürich acting as its banking capital. It is here...
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