Asset Allocation

Protest sign 'break free from fossil fuels'. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
February 9, 2022

Morningstar: 'Green' funds to outpace 'grey' by mid-2022

European mutual funds that promote green investments saw assets increase by some 22 percent in the…
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Asset Managers
February 8, 2022

Avoiding dry powder involves choosing complex investments

Record levels of funds invested into private asset strategies has led to the phenomenon of “too much…
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Risk - Loic Leray
Asset Allocation
January 26, 2022

High yield investors shift to riskiest piece

In the search for yield, some high yield investors are shifting to a broader mandate to invest in…
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Charles-Henri Kerkhove, Fidelity
Asset Allocation
January 14, 2022

2022 to be capital markets tipping point year

2022 will be another exciting year for financial markets. Investors operate in an environment of…
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Pigeonholing on the beach 
Asset Allocation
January 6, 2022

Economist's view: the fight against the pigeonholing spirit

An equity portfolio can be approached in various ways. There is a division between domestic shares…
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Graham Matthews, Whitehelm Capital
Asset Allocation
December 28, 2021

Infrastructure has become a must

Infrastructure is becoming a must in all portfolios. It is a decorative asset. Private companies are…
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Vincent Juvyns, JP Morgan
Asset Managers
December 20, 2021

JPMorgan AM: equities are a good inflation hedge

In its outlook for 2022, JP Morgan Asset Management makes no bones about the fact that equities…
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Pierre Lamelin, Comgest Growth Europe fund
Asset Allocation
December 13, 2021

Comgest: value and growth are not incompatible

Pierre Lamelin, manager of the Comgest Growth Europe fund, has made finding value in growth…
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Anton Brender and Florence Pisani, Candriam
Asset Allocation
December 8, 2021

Candriam expects inflation to cool slowly in 2022

The current inflation surge is similar to the one after World War II. It then took two years for…
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Philippe Gijsels and Koen De Leus, BNP Paribas
Asset Allocation
December 7, 2021

Real assets still the place to be

Real assets like stocks and real estate are expensive but remain a way to maintain purchasing power…
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Raj Shant, Jennison
Asset Allocation
October 29, 2021

EM investing: no confidence in China

Investors in emerging markets should completely ignore the 60 per cent worst performing companies…
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Oil refinery stock shot
Asset Allocation
October 13, 2021

ING adjusts portfolios to turbulent energy market

While the price of gas shot through the roof last week, it seems that a real energy crisis can be…
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Martine Vissers and Niels Bodenheim
Asset Managers
October 12, 2021

Is illiquidity in private markets still an issue?

The question is whether the illiquidity of private markets is still an issue if the market becomes…
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Coal-fired power station
Asset Allocation
October 8, 2021

Roadmap to CO2 neutrality: exclude or engage?

With the upcoming COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the pressure on pension funds to green…
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