Asset Allocation

As inflation subsides, M&G Investments eyes slowdown and war
Asset Allocation
September 15, 2022

As inflation subsides, M&G eyes slowdown and war

Central bank interest rate hikes seems to have had their desired effect, with signs pointing to the…
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Amundi says it’s time to love bonds again
Asset Allocation
September 15, 2022

Amundi says it’s time to love bonds again

Europe’s biggest fund manager, Amundi, is telling investors that it is time to get back into the…
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‘Make no mistake: the next six months won’t be pretty’
Asset Allocation
September 8, 2022

‘Make no mistake: the next six months won’t be pretty’

The era of negative interest rates on government bonds is over, but the moment when government bonds…
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Top 5: quality equity funds
Asset Allocation
September 2, 2022

Top 5: quality equity funds

Factor investing, an investment approach that involves targeting specific drivers of return across…
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Han Dieperink: the added value of low volatility
Asset Allocation
September 1, 2022

The added value of low volatility

Low-risk stocks do better in the long run than high-risk stocks. For the record, this story equates…
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Pauline Grange of Columbia Threadneedle
Asset Managers
August 12, 2022

The energy transition as a source of opportunity

Pauline Grange (Columbia Threadneedle) emphasises the opportunities that currently exist in the…
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Top 5. Photo by Joanna Poe via Flickr CC BY 2.0
Asset Allocation
August 12, 2022

Top 5 biggest outflows: big pain for Pimco

The erratic first half of 2022, which sent leading stock market indices into bear market territory…
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Frankfurt stock exchange
Asset Managers
August 10, 2022

Europe is much less attractive than the US

Europe’s energy supply is under severe pressure, and the 8.9% inflation rate in the eurozone seems…
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Ethenea’s investment strategist Andrea Siviero, who manages the firm’s 56 million euro Hesper Global Solutions fund. Photo: Ethenea.
Asset Allocation
August 2, 2022

Ethenea’s Siviero sees Swiss franc, yen as safe havens

With a recession looming in Europe, investors again are on the lookout for suitable safe havens…
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High inflation in central and eastern Europe contrasts sharply with inflation in Latin America, which appears to have peaked. Photo by Ben Ostrower via Unsplash. CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
July 22, 2022

Top 5 EMD in local currency: top spot for NNIP

With a first-half loss of 7 percent when measured in euro, the GBI-EM Global Diversified Index, the…
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High yield street
Asset Allocation
July 21, 2022

High yield promising, if you believe in a snappy recession

As US companies revise their earnings forecasts en masse and fears of recession-induced defaults…
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The Zizkov television tower in Prague. Photo: Robert Eklund via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
July 14, 2022

European pension funds slow to recognise infra benefits

While Canadian and Australian pension funds are set to increase their investments in infrastructure…
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ASML Cleanroom EUV in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Photo: ASML.
Asset Allocation
July 8, 2022

'The real risks are not yet incorporated in tech stocks'

This year is a tough one for tech stocks. Even companies like Dutch-based ASML, Europe’s leading…
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Asset Managers
July 8, 2022

European investors most concerned over greenwashing

Nearly two-thirds of investors in Europe are concerned about greenwashing, even though EU regulation…
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