Barcelona’s investors are remarkably unanimous in their fixed income allocation. Almost all of them are overweight short-duration bonds and eight in 10 interviewees are planning to decrease their allocation to long-duration European sovereign debt.
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European equities lose shine for Catalan fund buyers
Barcelona’s fund buyers had been bullish about European equities almost by default for the past four years. But political instability across Europe has dented their appetite. Global emerging market equities are their new darling.
Investors expect equity returns to be ‘lower for longer’
Fund buyers expect returns from their equity portfolio to be significantly lower over the next five years. However, they still expect equities to outperform bonds by a considerable margin.
Expert Investor Spain photo gallery
Here you can see a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Spain forum, held in Madrid on 14 June 2016.
Brexit vote triggers fears for market correction
Markets have been trading more or less sideways for a while now, but fund managers and fund buyers alike are preparing for the next downturn. And Brexit could be the trigger.
Spanish investors resume bond buying binge
2015 saw Spanish investors breaking with their long-standing habit of buying ever more bonds, with bond funds seeing net outflows for 10 out of 12 months last year. However, as government bond yields once again approach record lows, they have reversed course.
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.
China and Brexit – the two triggers for a market correction
The majority of fund buyers in the Basque country and in much of the rest of Europe expect another market correction this year. Fund managers at Expert Investor Spain, held in Bilbao last week, identified China and Brexit as the main possible triggers for this.
Expert Investor Spain photo gallery
Here you can find a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Spain, held on 15 March 2016 in Bilbao.
Expert Investor Spain Photo Gallery
Here you can see a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Spain, held on 4 February in Barcelona.
