Some years ago, I visited a yoga retreat in Portugal. Late at night, two women arrived in a taxi. They...

OH, TO BE FRENCH!   I speak here not of the food, the wine, the effortless chic or the peculiar ability...

Since the Federal Reserve paused interest rate hikes, opinion has been divided on US equity risk. Fiona Rintoul hears a...

This winter, I’ve been living part of the time on the Outer Hebrides. While I’ve been there, we’ve been having...

The region’s growth potential may not be as notable as emerging markets in Asia, but Fiona Rintoul asks if being...

The market environment since the financial crisis has been distorted, with ultra-loose monetary policy, low interest rates and periods of...

As a pension fund manager said to me recently, all those “best ideas” funds on the market make you wonder...

Once niche, ESG investing has increasingly become part of the mainstream. Fiona Rintoul reports. Blackrock’s announcement in October that it...

Alex Hoctor-Duncan of Aberdeen Standard Investments tells Fiona Rintoul how ‘salary independence’ can meet the challenge of increased longevity. The biggest...

The global financial crisis had a massive impact on the funds industry leading to a boom in alternative credit, finds...