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A health check of Europe’s mutual fund market
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Stop over-egging investment products
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Storms aren't over following 2008 global financial crisis
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Selectors are valued cleaners of Augean fund stables
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Following the crowd doesn't lead to the investment gems
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Asset managers on track for a record year of sales
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Awards have their uses alongside due diligence
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Spiva scorecard should be challenged by active proponents
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Fixed income love affair is far from over
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Plain-vanilla launches won't cut it with today's investors
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Quant ratings do help ‘separate the wheat from the chaff’
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We need to freshen up approved fund lists
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Bond managers ‘cherry-pick’ in credit as lower-for-longer cycle continues
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Summer’s languor is over; it’s time for investors to make decisions
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Post-Brexit fund flows could be worse
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Pre-Brexit risk-aversion set to remain
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