Hana Dickinson
11 May 2022
Introducing Switch Reports
Once you’ve seen a better way of working and you want to make the change - implementing the change can be daunting. Happily, so far as switching clients over to Betafolio is concerned, we’ve got you covered.
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Reva Bala
09 May 2022
Emerging Markets: Evidence for a premium?
When considering global capital markets from an investment perspective, it’s second nature to divide the world into “developed” vs “emerging”. Index providers allocate countries to either classification depending on their stage of economic development and its sustainability.
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Robin Powell
08 May 2022
Narcissism is a dangerous trait in a fund manager
As most readers of this blog will know only too well, only a tiny proportion of active fund managers succeed in beating the market on a cost- and risk-adjusted basis in the long run. Because performance is extremely inconsistent, and luck almost indistinguishable from skill, it’s exceedingly difficult to identify a genuine star performer in advance.
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ROBIN POWELL
08 May 2022
Keep your politics and your investments separate
So, Emmanuel Macron has won the French election, becoming the first sitting president in 20 years to be re-elected. Of course we all have our personal political views, and there was certainly a collective “dieu merci!” in the Powell household as the news from Paris came in. But to what extent should we let the way we vote, influence the way we invest?
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