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President Biden, December 2021
Opinion
December 23, 2021

Economist's view: Less liquidity weighs down inflation

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin wants to vote against President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better…
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The reckoning
Investing
December 22, 2021

2021, can we settle the score?

Traditionally, the first outlooks for the coming year trickle in from September onwards. With…
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Simon England-Brammer, Nuveen
Asset Managers
December 22, 2021

The largest unknown asset manager in the world

“Although we are number twelve in the world in order of assets under management, we are a relatively…
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David Bouchoucha, BNP Paribas AM 
Asset Managers
December 21, 2021

Spreads on smaller SME loans still attractive

As in the sovereign and corporate bond markets, private debt valuations have risen sharply. “However…
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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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Christine Lagarde, ECB 
Asset Managers
December 20, 2021

Analysts guess at ECB policy direction

It was the week of the central banks. The Bank of England raised interest rates by 15 basis points…
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Asset Managers
December 20, 2021

Is a recession on the way?

The yield curves on the global bond markets flattened dramatically during the second half of October…
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Robert Reich, economist & author
Asset Managers
December 17, 2021

Weak competition law enforcement drives inflation

The business outlook for next year is characterised by concerns about inflation. Is it a temporary…
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Jérôme Van Der Bruggen, Bank Degroof Petercam
Investing
December 17, 2021

Large-scale investment plans give new impetus to equities

European equities are very attractive right now with a risk premium of around 7 per cent. To…
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Chinese children 
Opinion
December 17, 2021

Economist's view: the importance of China in the portfolio

While browsing through all the predictions for next year, I noticed that hardly anyone dares to put…
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