German fund selectors turn to absolute return strategies in an attempt to diversify their investments.
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nordea awarded chinese trading licence
Expert Investor Europe’s latest research trip to Frankfurt revealed that fund selectors from Europe’s biggest market are stepping up their allocation to Asian equities again, signalling the bearish sentiment towards the asset class among European investors is changing. Earlier research this year in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland pointed in the same direction. Awarded by the […]
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german fund selector sentiment turns down
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sentiment survey 2013 q4 switzerland
The voting results from fund selectors in Zurich, in November 2013
german reforms catastrophic says brandstaeter
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contrarian views stoke debate in munich
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cagey swiss mull absolute return em credit
Zurich-based investors plan to increase their absolute return and emerging market corporate bond allocations, according to research by Expert Investor Europe