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‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’
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August 30, 2022

‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’

The European Central Bank needs to review its special programmes that make available cheap money to…
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Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, speaking on Friday at the Jackson Hole meeting. Photo: Kansas City Fed via Twitter..
News
August 29, 2022

Jackson Hole shows the narrow path is narrowing

“Walking the narrow path” is an expression among central bankers about striking a fragile balance…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 29, 2022

Chart of the week: German inflation nearing 10%

It was a huge shock. The 37.2 percent increase in German producer prices, or PPI, for July that the…
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Investing
August 26, 2022

Cube Infrastructure takes over MVV’s Czech energy business

Cube Infrastructure Managers, a Luxembourg-based infrastructure investor, has agreed to take over…
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Jan Vergote is a former chief strategist at Belfius Bank and set up the Investment Talks initiative. He is an Investment Officer knowledge expert.
Investing
August 26, 2022

Jan Vergote: central bankers and inflation... quo vadis?

In the last month, we have seen a sharp recovery in the stock market that most analysts (including…
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Political risks make for an uncertain economic outlook. This week, we look at the top 5 bond funds with the highest exposure to the battered Italy debt markets.
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August 26, 2022

Top 5: Bond funds exposed to Italy

You may not have noticed it while on holiday this summer, but Italy is once again in crisis…
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Products
August 25, 2022

DNCA Finance sees new niches emerging in sports

Boris Radondy, manager of the DNCA Global Sport Equity fund, expects strong growth in the sports…
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Products
August 24, 2022

Invesco launches actively managed metaverse fund

Global asset manager Invesco has launched an actively managed, 30 million dollar investment fund…
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China offers opportunities; manageable risks

Last quarter, the Shanghai A-share Index did 11 per cent better than the S&P 500 and 15 per cent…
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A bear market rally causes 'directionless volatility’

With stock market indicators showing rapid growth, what is happening? Is the bear market ending or…
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