Logical progression

David Prosser explains why and how to make considered and circumstantially-appropriate investment choices. For professional investors such as pension funds, an idea known as “liability-driven investment” has been fashionable for some years now. It’s essentially…

China trade war? No worries

Mike Kerley, fund manager for Henderson Far East Income, gives update on the fund’s portfolio activity and why China’s trade war poses little threat.

Going Green

The growing popularity of investment strategies incorporating ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria is one of investment’s biggest trends. More investors want their money to be invested in a sustainable way or in a way…

Alternative times call for alternative solutions

With so much uncertainty shrouding 2019 already, now might be a good time to diversify your portfolio and seek alternative returns away from mainstream markets, say James de Bunsen and Peter Webster, Co-Fund Managers of…

Finding the sweet spots in credit

Matthew Chaldecott, Fixed Income Product Specialist, discusses how to target the ideal portfolio mix in the current credit environment. As we near the end of 2018, we have finally started moving away from accommodative monetary…

Structural change, disinflation and ‘Amazonisation’

Serial disruptors like Amazon are shaping the economic transformation that is taking place before us. John Pattullo, co-fund manager of Henderson Diversified Income Trust, explains how investors can be on the right side of change.…

Backing a greener future

Investment companies have been adapting to meet shareholders’ needs for 150 years and today’s investment companies are providing investors with the opportunity to invest in businesses that are helping to tackle the environmental challenges we…

A century’s old pedigree

Investment trusts have endured, largely unchanged, since the late 1800s The closed-ended structure, and not having to manage inflows and outflows, has been found to contribute to performance Flexibility of income generation will be important…