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THE BIG QUESTION

Why we like ‘messy’ Thailand

'We are getting too big to back fund managers at launch'

The smallest discretionary fund managers in the UK market could be vulnerable to a fresh wave of takeovers by larger rivals, new research has suggested.

Sinking supermarkets: Should investors steer clear?

‘Newton is not a one-trick pony’

The widely expected rotation from bonds to equities has failed to appear and gilt yields have fallen this year. This is odd, says Newton's Paul Brain, as he argues that bond yields are likely to stay low for a good while yet.

The result of the Indian election, although positive for the economy, may not be as much of a game changer for investors as some suggest, according to Sophia Whitbread, manager of the Newton Emerging Income fund.

How to choose an absolute return fund

Some of the UK's biggest bond and absolute return funds are shorting short-dated government bonds and buying into long-dated debt in what is being dubbed the ‘curve flattener' trade.