Canadian General Investments (CGI) is an investment company, domiciled in Canada and listed on both the TSX and LSE, which invests in listed Canadian equities.

The Merchants Trust (MRCH) is managed by Simon Gergel, CIO UK Equities at RCM, part of Allianz Global Investors (AGI) and provides a blend of characteristics that should appeal to many investors.

In its new white paper, Global Financial Institute (GFI) partners with Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance Raghavendra Rau of Cambridge University to address the question, “is it better for investors to select particular securities within an asset class or hold broad asset classes and

Every investor’s dream is to get in on the ground floor of the next Apple or Google well before such companies become huge success stories and their stocks soar in value. While the rewards can be great, the odds of success are usually low. We take a look at just how difficult it can be.

Alpha to trump beta in 2013: After four years where beta dominated, we believe alpha will make up a bigger slice of the (smaller) returns pie in 2013. Asset classes, regions and countries will be less correlated, in our view, with lower systemic risk and higher company-specific risk.

Lauren Romeo discusses the outlook for quality small-cap companies

The ongoing economic crisis has profoundly changed the industry of asset management by putting risk management at the heart of most investment processes.

Has the long awaited shift to quality finally arrived?

Living in a More Volatile Investment World: Financial markets have experienced a dramatic increase in volatility. We believe that this trend might continue in the current zero-rate environment.

James Montier, a member of GMO's asset allocation team, writes to institutional clients in a new white paper on the prospects for preserving and growing capital in a world of slowing growth.