Eurozone inflation fears hit high grade credit and gov’t bonds
Eurozone investment grade and government bonds continued to see outflows as inflation expectations rose, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch research.
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Morgan Stanley vows to keep commissions despite US reforms
Morgan Stanley, one of the largest wealth management firms in the US, has confirmed it will keep commission-based retirement accounts when the Department of Labour’s (DoL) fiduciary rule comes in to effect in April.
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Merrill Lynch ditches US expats in account closures
Merrill Lynch, one of the ‘big four’ investment banks in the US, will no longer work with US citizens living abroad following the closure of all expat accounts earlier this month, a UK-based IFA firm has confirmed.
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ANALYSIS: Is timing now more important than time in the market?
In its latest Flow Show note, Bank of America Merrill Lynch pointed out that, at current rates, it would take you 1,387 years to double your savings in a 1-year German deposit account.
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ANALYSIS: Bracing for peak Brexit
The vote on Brexit is now less than two weeks away and markets are increasingly feeling the ill effects of the uncertainty.
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Cash balances hit 15-year high as investors turn cautious
Investors are turning more cautious in the face of the turmoil in the financial markets this year, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) Fund Manager Survey, with average cash balances up at their highest weighting since November 2001.
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ANALYSIS: Bulls on parade, but beware an earnings shock
The latest BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey has found reignited appetite for risk amid expectations of a December Fed rate hike, but are investors being premature?
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PA ANALYSIS: Investors ignore robot revolution at their peril
Robots have long exerted a fascination for movie-makers, but a new report from Merrill Lynch suggests that investors should be paying just as much attention.
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Big investors bullish on European stocks
There has been a massive shift in favour of eurozone equities by institutional investors in February, according to the latest fund manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Record outflows from European equity funds
European equity mutual funds registered unprecedented outflows last week. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, funds invested in European stocks shed $5.7bn.
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BAML survey finds investors fretting over Fed
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has found that investors are losing confidence in global economic growth prospects due to concern over the impact of the Federal Reserve stimulus ending.
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Former Merrill Lynch asset integration sees
Julius Baer has reported record assets under management for the first half of this year, boosted by the near complete integration of Merrill Lynchs International Wealth Management business.