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Asset Allocation
April 22, 2022

Macro, multi-strategy hedge funds best performers in Q1

Hedge funds with a macro or multi-strategy focus were among the best performing funds in the first…
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Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the IMF.
Investing
April 20, 2022

IMF warns of ‘permanent fragmentation’

The International Monetary Fund has warned of a more permanent fragmentation of the world economy…
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Asset Allocation
April 19, 2022

High-yield corporates at a virtual standstill

Rising interest rates and continuing tension surrounding the Ukraine conflict have brought the…
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Investing
April 13, 2022

Rising market rates ‘harbinger of misery’

The yield on US 10-year Treasury bonds topped 2.8 percent on Tuesday, the highest point since 2018…
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The ECB's Governing Council is due to discuss monetary policy again on Thursday. Photo: ECB.
Investing
April 12, 2022

On cusp of new inflation era, ECB set to hold rates steady

While the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates aggressively in the coming months, the European…
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Lighthouse at Le Tréport, France. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
April 7, 2022

The next waypoint for investors: corporate earnings 

When it comes to the prospect of a recession, and a possible prolonged period of stagflation, the…
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Investing
April 4, 2022

Top 5 inflation-linked: 'Inflation At Work' works best

During the brief period between the release of most Covid-19 measures and the start of the war in…
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Asset Allocation
April 4, 2022

Equities drag neutral portfolio through tough quarter

The first quarter of 2022 was one of the toughest in decades for investors with a neutrally balanced…
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Asset Allocation
March 25, 2022

Top 5: Japanese value stocks hitting back

Japanese shares were hot in the 1980s, but the bubble has deflated mercilessly in the decades that…
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War in Ukraine
Investing
March 18, 2022

Recession looms in Europe

Economic growth in the EU will be “severely affected” by the disruption triggered by Russia’s…
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Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF. Photo: Worldbank
Investing
March 17, 2022

Ukraine war reverberates across the globe, says IMF 

Beyond the suffering and humanitarian crisis from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the entire global…
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Investing
March 17, 2022

Chinese stock market hit by manic depression

Financial markets do not always react in the same way to news. There are times when the stock market…
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Moscow. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
March 15, 2022

Fitch sees 'limited contagion risk' from bond funds

European emerging-market bond funds pose limited contagion risk to the broader financial system in…
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Investing
March 10, 2022

BlackRock: global fund inflows picked up in February

Despite volatility sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the end of the month, global inflows…
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