The Asset Allocator Podcast

The Chinese government's sudden U-turn on fiscal stimulus has got a lot of heads scratching recently - including among those who debate the future prospects of the country's economy.This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by Nathan Sweeney, multi-asset chief investment officer at Marlborough, to discuss whether the stimulus will change his calculus on whether or not to allocate to China.They also discuss positioning portfolios for rate cuts and why he is rotating his US exposure from growth to value.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

News that the regulator will be changing cost disclosure rules has been welcomed as a lifeline by the investment trust sector.But will it be the silver bullet some claim? This week David Thorpe, Joseph Wilkins and Damian Fantato discuss whether it will boost investment trust ownership among portfolio managers.They also discuss the potential problem of "monocrop" portfolios and they wade into the MPS vs multi-asset debate.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by Chris Metcalfe, chief investment officer at Iboss, to discuss the impact of China's economic stimulus on Europe and other regions.They also discuss whether property is still investable in light of Dynamic Planner's decision to remove it from its risk models. And they discuss how to manage concentration risk concerns from clients.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

This week Dave Baxter, Joseph Wilkins and David Thorpe discuss the malaise which is affecting the world of sustainable portfolios and what that means for the sector.They also discuss the slow start to life which Ark's ETFs have endured and the company's recent launch of a "model portfolio". And they discuss City Asset Management's decision to call time on UK equity income holdings and what that says about the sector more widely.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by James Saunders, head of portfolio management at Tatton Investment Management.They discuss his principles for selecting a fund, how he mitigates risk and how he balances risk versus volatility.James also explains what what he thinks really drives returns: fund selection or asset allocation.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

This week we are joined by Ryan Hughes, investment director at AJ Bell, to discuss whether the recent volatility seen in markets is likely to be a permanent feature.He also discusses with David Thorpe why AJ Bell is so keen on emerging markets at the moment and what purpose, if any, he sees for the growing number of active ETFs.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

The debate of where we sit in the growth vs value cycle and the cyclical vs defensive cycle is often a hotly contested one.This week Joseph Wilkins and David Thorpe are joined by Ryan Paterson, portfolio manager at Schroder Investment Solutions, to discuss where he thinks we currently sit in these cycles and what action he's taking in response.They also discuss some recent changes he has made to his portfolios and demand for ESG.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.

The Asset Allocator Podcast is back from its summer break and this week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by Damian Fantato, acting editor of Asset Allocator, while Dave Baxter goes on holiday to Sri Lanka.They discuss whether equal-weight indices are the solution to concentration concerns, if China is too big to ignore for DFMs and they have a look at what did and didn't do well during the recent spate of volatility.The Asset Allocator Podcast is a weekly series aimed at discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and wealth managers, providing insight into the issues that drive investment decisions.To receive the Asset Allocator email in your inbox for free, sign up here.