Appetite for emerging market bond and equities products among European investors is strong with just under half wanting to see more product innovation in this area, according to a survey conducted by the EDHEC Risk Institute.
William Sels, HSBC Private Bank's UK head of investment strategy, admits the recent rally in safe haven bonds has been surprising. Yet he still feels investors should be positioned for a reversal in this fortune.
Investec Structured Products has launched a new collection of post-RDR FTSE 100 plans, whilst removing the commission options on previously available structured deposits.
Nicholas Ware is joining John Pattullo and Jenna Barnard at the helm of the Henderson Fixed Interest Monthly Income Fund.
Chris Iggo, CIO, Fixed Income, AXA IM takes a look at the Japanese bond market, the impact of deflation and how the European market could, and maybe should, make moves to follow the far eastern example.
Weaker consumption and sluggish manufacturing pulled GDP growth in China back during the first quarter of 2013, from 7.9% in Q4 2012 to 7.7%.
Inflows into Mexican funds hit the highest level on record this week as $520m poured into funds focused on the country.
What do investment fees and gym memberships have in common? The fact they can both be unreasonably large. But sometimes it is worth paying a premium, as Brewin Dolphin's Ben Gutteridge explains.
Fidelity has launched the Emerging Market Local Currency Debt fund, the fourth in a series of emerging market debt funds recently launched by the firm.
It is no surprise that income-based equity strategies have been the best performers this year, but investors' choices beyond this asset class are limited, according to Threadneedle's Mark Burgess.
Sarasin and Partners has launched an emerging markets fund offering equal exposure across 19 of the 21 economies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
From an investment point of view, emerging markets have had a fairly tough time in the past couple of years, with funds in the IMA’s Global Emerging Markets category returning on average 7% in the past year compared to 9.3% from the MSCI World Index.
