EM debt prices ‘now look attractive’
Strong growth in emerging markets could leave EMD well placed to pick up again in 2019, according to Franklin Templeton
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Strong growth in emerging markets could leave EMD well placed to pick up again in 2019, according to Franklin Templeton
Global portfolios unlikely to increase long-term positions in British domestic assets despite draft exit deal
The smart beta Ucits will track the LibertyQ Europe Equity Index
Infrastructure funds have seen outflows for the first time in a decade but this has not discouraged pan-European fund selectors who are big fans of the asset class, according to Last Word Research.
In response to the eurozone’s first quarter drop in growth and the European Union’s discord over how to handle migration a German fund selector has reduced European equity fund allocations.
Actively-managed fixed income ETFs will allow managers to seek investment opportunities beyond benchmark index in period of rising rates and increased volatility.
Integrating ESG into the investment process is easier said than done and will vary from one team to another, according to industry experts.
Slowing growth, low inflation and political risk in Italy suggest ECB will extend its asset-buying programme into 2019 and as a result push rate hikes further into the future, says asset manager.
The glut of hefty EU regulations introduced this year do not always complement each other, complains Alfi chair Denise Voss.
Asset managers are increasingly repurposing underperforming funds into ESG products to jump on the sustainable investing trend, but an announcement this week from Franklin Templeton Investments has taken the process to new heights as it repositions a global equities fund into a thematic climate change product.
Franklin Templeton Investments has “repositioned” its existing Global (Euro) Fund to focus on companies actively reducing their carbon footprint which it expects will boost returns.
The market reaction following the success of Italy’s populist parties at Sunday’s general election will depend on how diluted their stance will be going forward on fiscal easing and being anti-Europe, according to experts.