As the world wakes up to the new reality of extremely slow growth, there seems little doubt the returns investors became accustomed to during the ‘Great Moderation’ are a thing of the past.
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.
Asian equities have had a rough three or four years but with long-term, top-down influences unlikely to change it is time to look for equally long-term, bottom-up fund solutions.
Tourism is going to be one of the most compelling consumer stories to come out of China during the coming decade, according to Macquarie Investment Management.
As fear has spread through European markets in 2016, precious metals are once again providing a safe haven for unsettled investors.
One of the reasons a lot of people dislike clowns is the edge of panic to the smiles they paint on.
NN Investment Partners has launched a Luxembourg-based multi asset absolute return fund using a strategy that allocates to multiple factors across different asset classes.
Investors must adapt to a repeating market cycle of rising global growth fears, subsequent sell-off and rescue by ‘dovish’ central banks, said David Riley of BlueBay Asset Management.
China’s lower infrastructure spending is expected to slow long-term demand for commodities, according to GAM.
The US is in a period of “growth pause” rather than lapsing into recession, with long-term equity opportunities in technology and healthcare companies, according to Franklin Templeton’s Grant Bowers.
Some investors replace part of their fixed income holdings with market-neutral equity. Though these funds are supposedly uncorrelated to the equity market, it’s better to choose a diversified approach, argues Rui Machado, alternative investments director at IM gestao de ativos in Lisbon.
The BlackRock Gold and General Fund has returned to the list of top traded funds on the Share Centre.
