Markets

Passive funds delivering better results

Follows positive growth figures

Gilt yields returned to pre-referendum levels

Nearly four months have passed since the European referendum and we have read many refer to the current period as 'post-Brexit', writes James Sullivan, director and senior fund manager at Coram Asset Management.

Warning on food price inflation

Considers new asset classes

Passive providers could do everything their active peers do with a little creativity and more joined up thinking, writes David Stevenson.

Three months on from the Brexit vote that sent shockwaves through the City, asset and wealth managers have had time to reflect on the result, which is now being seen more as another headwind for the sector, rather than a game-changer.

Equity markets globally currently remain vulnerable to sharp shifts in sentiment, caused by either unexpected or unwelcome outcomes in key upcoming political events (US and German Elections, Brexit and Italian Referendum).

Says political risk has heightened