The S&P 500 index has risen around 33% over the last year. Is it smart to put money into index funds after this kind of rise ...

Passive funds have continued to overtake active funds in popularity, interactive investor's Top 50 Fund Index shows, with 30 passive funds in the list.

HSBC Asset Management has launched the HSBC S&P 500 Equal Weight Equity Index fund. The UK-domiciled fund will track the S&P ...

The global funds with which investors are most familiar have mainly struggled to beat the MSCI World index lately, even if they have still posted healthy returns. One interesting exception this year ...

A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British podcaster Harry Stebbings has raised a new $400mn fund for early stage start-ups, vaulting him into the ranks of Europe’s top tech investors. The latest ...

It has generated a return of 13% over one year, below its benchmark the MSCI Europe ex-UK index, up 15%, but has beaten the benchmark's 16% over three years, with a return of 29%. The fund has ...

The Netherlands retained its top spot as the world’s leading retirement income system, with Iceland, Denmark and Israel ...

Geographic diversification is a staple of all good portfolios. But you can attain it in many ways, from buying one or two global funds to using a different fund for each region. Or you can invest in ...

Here’s how they differ. A tracker invests in every listed company in the stock market index it follows. As such the fund will move up and down in line with that market. There’s plenty of choice – from ...

Equity fund flows have turned negative for the first time in almost a year on the back of outflows from UK strategies, according to Calastone's latest Fund Flow index.

Pension funds are asking the UK government to revamp rules determining how public debt is measured, to encourage more investment in green industries. Britain should come up with a new definition ...

For most funds, this meant selling off UK government debt into a rapidly tumbling market. The Bank of England was forced to step in and buy gilts to stabilise prices. Regulators have since then ...