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Selector's Choice
07:01 | 12 Mar 2010
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Pietro Cecere, Joel Schoppig
Swiss-based fund selector Bram Bikker explains why he prefers his managers to run concentrated, high conviction portfolios.
11:55 | 09 Mar 2010
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Angus Foote
Despite the rough time some boutiques endured as a result of the credit crisis fund selectors still show a clear bias for independent managers, Citywire research has found.
00:01 | 09 Mar 2010
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Angus Foote
Skandia CIO Hans Sterte and head of selection Per Lindgren are putting the emphasis on alternatives as they seek to maximise return- but they don't liek the term alpha and say there's no such thing as hedge funds.
11:34 | 08 Mar 2010
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Matthew Goodburn
Jupiter’s fund of funds head John Chatfeild Roberts does not see a gold bubble forming over the mid term and believes the asset class offers great insurance against inflation and currency risks
06:01 | 08 Mar 2010
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Fabian Fuchs
Ansgar Guseck from leading German multimanager Sauren tells Citywire the important questions he asks and the attributes he looks for when choosing fund managers.
00:01 | 05 Mar 2010
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Angus Foote
Marc Sbeghen from Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild knows what he wants – consistency. But a consistency that will bring regular returns of at least 6% over the benchmark, as he explains to Citywire.
12:41 | 25 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
Voting at Citywire's Fund Selector Forum in Zurich revealed Swiss fund buyers are bullish on Asian and Japanese equities, but are less optimistic about the prospects for Europe's stockmarkets.
06:01 | 23 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
Primonial Fundquest fund selector Alexis Bienvenu reveals the funds and managers he likes for investing in commodities and in defensive growth sectors.
08:01 | 22 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
In the fourth part of our series looking at selector's top fund and sector picks for the year ahead, Eaton Vance's US value star Michael Mach is among those singled out.
11:00 | 19 Feb 2010
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Pietro Cecere
Bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to fund sizes, as Xavier Laurent, head of long only multimanagement at Natixis Multimanager explains.
11:24 | 17 Feb 2010
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Pietro Cecere
Alexis Bienvenu, head of research and development at Primonial Fundquest, talks about why boutiques can often be preferable to larger companies because of the freedom and creativity of their fund managers
07:01 | 17 Feb 2010
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Divya Guha
In the third part of our series, we ask fund selectors which sectors they are most optimistic about for the coming year and which funds they are following.
07:31 | 16 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
In the second part of the series looking at selectors' top fund and sector picks for 2010, convertibles, agribusiness, healthcare and emerging markets come under the spotlight.
08:01 | 15 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
In the first part of a new series, we reveal the funds and the sectors that selectors are tipping for the year ahead.
10:37 | 12 Feb 2010
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Jesus Segarra Sobral
Citywire speaks in Sweden with Pia Hagen, fund of funds manager at Skandia Fonder, about what the added value is of fund of funds and multi manager products.
11:12 | 11 Feb 2010
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Jesus Segarra Sobral
Fund selector Robert Johnson from HQ Fonder, the asset management arm of Sweden's HQ group, talks about the key issues associated with investing in boutiques.
10:56 | 05 Feb 2010
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Philip Haddon
Emerging markets will provide the best returns for both equities and bonds in 2010, a poll of leading fund selectors reveals.
06:01 | 27 Jan 2010
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Jesus Segarra Sobral
Vesa Engdhal, executive director at FIM in Finland, looks at some of the reasons why he might consider selling out of a fund.
12:48 | 26 Jan 2010
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Pietro Cecere
Stefano Prosperi, investment director at Kairos Research in New York, reveals how he looks to identify sustainable fund manager alpha, as well as why he is excited about long-short funds in both equities and bonds.
07:01 | 15 Jan 2010
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Pietro Cecere
There is no magic formula and even the best fund managers underperform sometimes, says Deutsche Bank's fund selector Gabriel Gavilanes. He thinks selectors need to try to not think like investors when picking their managers.
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