FTAdviser latest:Henderson New Star's Hermon backs small caps

Story by: James Smith, Investment Adviser

Weak sterling and improved M&A activity are creating a solid backdrop for small-cap outperformance in 2010, Henderson New Star's Neil Hermon has claimed.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 15.03.2010
  • Published in: Investments

HNS sees small-cap boost

Weak sterling and improved M&A activity are creating a solid backdrop for small cap outperformance in 2010, Henderson New Star's Neil Hermon has claimed.

  • Date published: 15.03.2010

Rathbones' Stick pushes for more buy-and-hold

Rathbone Income manager Carl Stick has criticised the industry for putting too much importance on short-term performance.

  • Date published: 08.03.2010

Rensburg head shuns 'political' bank stocks

Rensburg UK Equity Income and UK Blue Chip Growth manager Colin Morton is in two minds regarding British banking stocks, buying into Barclays but describing RBS and Lloyds as "more political than Gazprom".

  • Date published: 01.03.2010

Miller attacks 'bad value'

The average fund in the UK All Companies sector is a closet tracker that offers little value for money compared with an exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to new research by Alan Miller, partner at SCM Private.

  • Date published: 22.02.2010

SCM Private's Miller brands UK All Cos a bad deal

The average UK All Companies fund is a closet tracker that offers little value for money compared with an exchange traded fund, according to new research by Alan Miller, partner at SCM Private.

  • Date published: 15.02.2010

Collins Stewart says stick with riskier stocks

Investors should stick with cyclical stocks and small caps while interest rates remain on hold, Collins Stewart Wealth Management (CSWM) has said.

  • Date published: 15.02.2010

OMAM's Nickols sees strong year ahead

Old Mutual Asset Managers' small-cap heavyweight Dan Nickols expects to add value this year by combining cyclical and structural growth names as he seeks to move on from poor performance last year.

  • Date published: 15.02.2010

Aegon AM to launch UK absolute return fund

Aegon Asset Management is set to launch a UK absolute return fund, run by the UK equities team headed up by Stephen Adams, Investment Adviser understands.

  • Date published: 08.02.2010

SVM sees value in small and mid-caps

SVM UK equities manager Neil Veitch has said small and mid caps will hit compelling valuations this year as fund managers move to lock in gains they made in the market rallies.

  • Date published: 08.02.2010

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Hunt for income: Compare apples with apples

In theory, the IMA’s splitting UK equity funds into Equity Income and Equity Income & Growth, and posting a reasonably high bar for funds to be included in either category, should be a real help to investors lacking inhouse UK equity expertise.

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  • Date published: 15.03.2010

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  • Date published: 15.03.2010

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Hunt for income: Harsh lessons to be learned

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  • Date published: 15.03.2010

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