Brown Shipley

How bond managers are positioned for rest of 2015

Brown Shipley has acquired financial planning business Hampton Dean for an undisclosed amount.

PIMCO's CIO Mihir Worah has labelled shorting UK RPI 'the carry trade of the decade', as he sees inflation in the UK remaining below current expectations.

Newcastle Building Society chief executive Jim Willens has been appointed chairman of Brown Shipley.

The FCA has used its consumer protection powers for the first time, banning the sale of contingent convertible securities to the mass market.

Investors are taking profits on European equities due to concerns about the impact of ‘hot money' flows, poor earnings growth, and the strength of the euro.

Brown Shipley is seeking to take on more staff and may look to make acquisitions after strong growth for the business in 2013.

Investors are again warming to Japanese equities due to cheap valuations, a shake-up in the domestic investment market, and rising inflation.

The European Central Bank (ECB) finally acted yesterday in response to growing fears the region is heading in to a deflationary spiral, but how should investors respond?

The average strategic bond fund now holds less than half its assets in the UK, as managers "starved" of opportunities rotate into Europe, the US, and emerging market debt.