On top of volatility, the threat of a trade war and tense global relations with Russia, investors can add concerns that global GDP growth may have peaked to their list of investment worries, deVere Group’s Tom Elliott has warned.
This week’s volatility in Russia’s stock market presents buying opportunities, however the market’s structural flaws mean that investors need cast-iron stomachs to weather more such events in the future.
Technology stocks have recently come under significant pressure, dragged down by the sharp fall in the Faangs. But is the sector in a bubble that is about to burst or just going through a healthy correction?
Boutique Australian investment management firm Antipodes Partners has launched its second Ucits vehicle investing in global equities.
UBS Wealth Management has launched a cross-asset portfolio in Asia based on sustainable investing that aims to mirror the firm’s traditional strategies.
Markets stumbled in 1Q18 after a positive run in 2017. While economic data was largely positive, Italy delivered an inconclusive election result, a new US Fed chair was appointed, and Donald Trump took the first steps towards a trade war.
Global equity funds with large allocations to tech could trigger a “wider problem” if Monday’s sell off continues, with many investors exposed to the sector even if they do not have direct holdings.
Many fund selectors believe clients often end up damaging their own portfolios when insisting on bad investment ideas, according to a survey conducted at our sister publication Expert Investor’s Pan-European Congress in Rome.
Prudential’s decision to spin-off and float its UK asset management and savings arm was met with widespread approval from investors. But how many of them will continue to invest in the life insurer’s “neglected” business when it lists?
The asset management industry is facing significant new challenges and active managers need to adapt or risk irrelevance, according to an expert at PwC.
Recent statistics from Eurostat showed that the European Union economy expanded at its fastest rate for 10 years in 2017, registering a 2.5% increase on the year before.
Inflation has been conspicuous in its absence since the financial crisis, in spite of the significant stimulus injected into many of the world’s major economies, according to Robert Lea, head of global equity research at Ashburton Investments.
