Plummeting oil price dominates markets
The continued plummeting of the price of oil is dominating global markets as the final month of 2014 begins.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Expert Investor is now PA Europe. Read more.
The continued plummeting of the price of oil is dominating global markets as the final month of 2014 begins.
Inflows into gold exchange-traded products have hit their highest levels since February 2013, according to ETF Securities.
Hedge fund managers have difficult times behind them because of QE-distortion. And things are not looking to get better soon.
On Expert Investor Europe’s Alternative Ucits Congress in Versailles we asked some delegates whether and how they try to bring down fund fees.
Niclas Hiller, chief investment officer of Formuesforvaltning in Norway, tells EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra how he is preparing for a sustained period of lower returns across all asset classes.
The current cocktail of falling asset prices and increasing volatility, combined with still high valuations, seems to confuse fund selectors and managers alike.
Omar Gadsby, head of fixed income fund selection for Credit Suisse’s private banking arm, explains how he is trying to move away from fixed income benchmarks.
Fund selectors singled out two aspects of a funds past performance that attract most of their attention.
Jarl Åkerlund, head of savings products at Nordea Bank in Sweden, contemplates about how to change his asset allocation in response to the low interest rate environment.
Fund selectors in The Netherlands like to protect themselves against market volatility by investing in smart beta strategies.
Italian fund buyers will increase their exposure to alternative equity products over the next 12 months.
Talk of the decline of hedge funds has been rumbling on in one form or another for years but the industry took what many see as a particularly grievous blow this week. PMT said on Friday they will divest their hedge fund portfolio of €1bn, according to IPE. Their hedge fund portfolio, which holds less…