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Citywire Money: Selection Profiles
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Newton Real Return
Newton Real Return manager Iain Stewart has been disappointed by the performance of corporate bonds and gold positions within the £5.5 billion fund over the past 12 months that saw the fund produce flat performance.
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iShares S&P 500
We run the rule over our passive pick to access the US stock market, the iShares S&P 500.
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Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond
Paul Causer and Paul Read, managers of the Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond fund, believe inflationary pressures will not reassert themselves in the near term. The duo point to macroeconomic data that suggests inflation will remain subdued and as a result, UK interest rates will not rise rapidly.
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HgCapital Trust
HgCapital Trust has remained cautious on new investments over the past 18 months but took the opportunity to add German stock Qundis to the portfolio in recent days.
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First State Global Resources
First State Global Resources fund manager Joanna Warner is wary that geopolitical risks, particularly in the Middle East , will sustain high oil prices and put further pressure on global growth and the margins of mining companies.
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JPM New Europe
JPM New Europe managers Oleg Biryulyov and Sonal Pandit believe a dividend culture is slowly starting to take root in Russia as a focus on stronger corporate governance gains traction.
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Fidelity South East Asia
Fidelity South East Asia manager Allan Liu has been increasing his exposure to domestic facing companies in China, as the country continues its gradual shift away from an export-focused business model to a domestic one.
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Ignis Argonaut European Alpha
Ignis Argonaut European Alpha fund manager Barry Norris thinks the European Central Bank will have to instigate further monetary stimulus as global growth slows, despite deeming its liquidity initiative a success.
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Trojan
Sebastian Lyon believes the stockmarket rally is likely to peter out and that the recent bounce is likely to prove temporary as the economic pressures of low growth reassert themselves.
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First State Indian Subcontinent
Sashi Reddy, co-manager of the First State Indian Subcontinent fund, believes that the Indian government’s 50 basis point interest rate cut is ‘too much, too soon’. Reddy points to the newly created Indian consumer price index as evidence that inflation is not at the publicised 28 month low of 6.9% and that coalition pressure on the government has forced the move.
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Ecclesiastical Amity International
Ecclesiastical Amity International fund manager Robin Hepworth admits that the fund's huge underweight to US equities has hurt recent performance but thinks the country's inability to tackle its debt issues leaves it worse off than Europe over the longer term.
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Pictet Clean Energy
Pictet Clean Energy manager Luciana Diana believes the Argentinean government’s seizure of Repsol’s shale gas deposits is an ‘isolated’ incident, and that the risk was always present.
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Artemis Strategic Assets
Artemis Strategic Assets manager William Littlewood expects China's growth to continue to disappoint but believes that if the worst should happen, there will be a number of attractive buying opportunities in the country.
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First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders
First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders co-manager Glen Finegan will refuse to move down the quality scale to invest, even if many of his favoured quality stocks currently look expensive.
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Jupiter Merlin Income Portfolio
Jupiter chief investment officer and Jupiter Merlin fund of funds head John Chatfeild-Roberts has warned investors not to get ‘too bearish’ and to be patient for opportunities as the Western deleveraging process continues to weigh on markets.
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ETFS All Commodities
The year got off to a good start for the majority of commodities but unleaded gasoline and soybeans were the stars of the show posting 16.18% and 12.24% rises respectively over the first quarter.
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CF Walker Crips Equity Income
CF Walker Crips Equity Income fund managers Jan Luthman and Stephen Bailey have been adding to their consumer facing stocks on a view that many are continuing to underestimate the growing spending power of the emerging market consumer.
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Impax Environmental Markets
Impax Environmental Markets investment trust managers Bruce Jenkyn-Jones and Jon Forster have been building their exposure to LED lighting as they anticipate continuing strong growth in the cyclical sector this year.
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CF Miton Special Situations
James Sullivan, co-manager of the £800 million CF Miton Special Situations fund has described the latest rally as ‘frustrating’ as the fund's defensive stance has led to it lagging the market's early year sharp gains.
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GLG Japan Core Alpha
Why GLG Japan CoreAlpha’s Neil Edwards is sticking by Sony
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