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Brexit: Three years on

24 Jun 2019
Tristan Hanson
Markets

It is now three years since Britain voted to leave the EU (in case anyone needed reminding). We are all aware of never-ending twists and turns in this saga, even if we are none the wiser as to the final conclusion. But, we ask, with the benefit of hindsight, how… Read the article

Keeping ourselves honest – A response to Joe Wiggins

20 Jun 2019
Stuart Canning
Behavioural Finance

Last month Joe Wiggins noted that fund managers frequently claim to make money by exploiting the ‘behavioural biases of other investors,’ but are often unable to explain how they avoid falling victim to these biases themselves.

Now it could be that ‘exploiting behavioural bias’ is simply… Read the article

The quest for ‘uncorrelated’ returns. The fall (and rise?) of absolute return funds

11 Jun 2019
Stuart Canning
Investment Industry

The quest for uncorrelated returns can be an expensive pursuit, especially in terms of opportunity cost.

The rise and fall in popularity of absolute return funds is a case in point. For years, the Targeted Absolute Return sector was among the most popular among UK and European fund buyers, but… Read the article

Walking into recessions

6 Jun 2019
Stuart Canning
Behavioural Finance Markets

You may have seen charts like the one below before (possibly here or here) which suggest that investors and commentators find more to worry about than they really should:

This certainly seems to have been the case for bulk of… Read the article

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