ETFs may be ideally suited to retail investors’ needs, but many financial advisers don’t fully understand them

In the hands of concentrated managers, portfolios can outperform benchmark indices even in the highly efficient US equity market

Wealth managers do not have to be talented futurologists to know that the rebalancing of the global economy means higher volatility. 

The structured products market is smaller and very different to how it looked in its pre-crisis days but these vehicles still have a role to play in client portfolios

Cyprus is on the road to recovery with both its banks and economy having been restructured, but the island has a long way to go to regain its former glory as a financial services centre

Sources of growth in the global economy are shifting with growth in developed markets accelerating, while emerging markets, and China in particular, have slowed. With lower oil prices and predicted interest rate rises to consider as well, how should investors tackle asset allocation? 

Many of the world’s largest wealth managers have tried to conquer Asia but few have been as successful as UBS, with adviser recruitment and digital innovation central to its success

Nick Wilson of the Qatar Investment Fund and IOTA’s Jean-Charles Charki debate whether Africa or the Gulf states offer greater opportunities to investors