European investors pile into EM debt
European investors have turned positive on emerging market debt again in January after two months of net outflows, reports Blackrock.
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“Bond bull market has further to go”
Many European investors have been reducing the duration of their bond portfolios following the spike in bond yields at the end of 2016. But they have been calling the end of the 30-year bond bull market too quickly, believes David Zahn, head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton Investments.
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Brexit disrupts ECB QE programme
ECB president Mario Draghi conspicuously avoided the B-word when he held a speech in Portugal last week. This may well be because he has yet to find an answer to the problems the vote has thrown up with regards to the execution of the central bank’s asset purchase programme.
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Brace yourself for Brexit
Recent reports from those favouring Britain to stay in the EU suggest a Brexit of any sort would be severely damaging to the UK economy. We assess what will be in store for investors if it happens, and how to Brexit-proof your portfolios.
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Fund Favourites – Alvaro Martín Sauto
The Robeco Global Total Return Bond fund (formerly known as Robeco Rorento) combines the two most important qualities Alvaro Martín Sauto, head of funds-of-funds at Bankia, looks for in a fixed income fund: it can allocate flexibly to various asset classes, but prioritises limiting drawdowns over maximising returns.
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Ranking the stars in conservative equities with Robeco
In this video interview, Jan Sytze Mosselaar, portfolio manager quantitative equities at Robeco, explains why he prefers ranking stocks based on several factors over using a mean-variance optimisation process.
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Will stock volatility flip when rates rise?
Low volatility stocks lose their defensive characteristics when rates go up and markets are under stress, fund managers told the audience at Expert Investor Norway last week. Is this a risk which could seriously unsettle markets, after the huge inflows into low volatility strategies in the past years?
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Lost in translation
Mifid II is, even before implementation, already triggering plenty of unease amongst Europe’s asset management industry.
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where the smart money is
As alternative beta products become available to smaller investors, what are the potential benefits and pitfalls of the approach? By Will Jackson