BlackRock goes overweight EM
US fund management giant BlackRock has joined the ongoing shift into emerging markets by upgrading the asset class to overweight in its asset allocation outlook.
Asset Allocation
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Emerging market equities: as compelling as they seem?
In August 2015, emerging market equities were in the midst of the most serious market correction since 2008. A year on, investors are more bullish than ever about the asset class. Is this radical change of mood justified?
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Investors move into defensive assets amid global economic worries
Rattled by a growing list of worries that could threaten the fragile global economy, including the UK’s shock Brexit vote, investors around the world are amassing cash, favouring bonds over equities and increasing their holdings of gold.
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Eaton Vance offers new Irish-based multi-asset credit fund
Eaton Vance Management (International), a subsidiary of US-based Eaton Vance Corp, has launched a multi-asset credit fund which is available to investors in the UK and Ireland with further jurisdictions planned.
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Sovereign wealth funds stay confident as returns slide
Despite the volatility of global financial markets this year and a steady decline in investment returns, confidence among the world’s sovereign wealth funds remains high, a survey by Invesco has found.
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Investors in wait-and-see mode as data give few hints
Financial markets have lacked direction in recent months, with the main equity indices all very close to where they were at the start of the year. Macroeconomic data are not strong enough to reinvigorate the bull market, yet not sufficiently weak to stoke fears of recession.
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ANALYSIS: Ignore the seven-year itch, stick with the “unfashionable” bulls
Seven years of equity rises, have we really seen any evidence of complacency that ended previous bull markets?
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ANALYSIS: Smart investors may be buying rather than selling this summer
As the month of May trundles into view investors will be thinking about the traditional summer-proofing of portfolios, but the shrewdest among them may see more opportunity than danger.
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ANALYSIS: High time for high-yield, the US equity substitute?
Those who believe that ‘risk-on, risk-off’ is consigned to the past look away now, with record inflows into US high-yield indicating that sentiment has shifted once again to the spicier end of the fixed income spectrum.
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Henderson’s plans to double AUM in five years
Henderson Global Investors’ Greg Jones talks about alpha generation and counter-cyclical strategies.
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Asian equity managers like India: Morningstar
Portfolio managers of Asia ex-Japan equity funds favour India while avoiding Malaysia and Australia, according to Morningstar.
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French balanced funds strongly outperformed global peers in 2015 – Natixis
French asset allocators significantly outperformed their global peers in 2015, while UK managers came in second, new research by Natixis Global Asset Management shows.