a view from the bond market
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.
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Mixed fortunes for BRIC GDP
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%.
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violence aside mexican equities are thriving
Inflows into Mexican funds hit the highest level on record this week as $520m poured into funds focused on the country.
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sometimes it pays to pay
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.
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Fidelity cash in on local EM debt opportunities
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.
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nowhere to go other than equities
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.
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Sarasin offer exposure to all EMs have to give
Sarasin and Partners has launched an emerging markets fund offering equal exposure across 19 of the 21 economies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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returns from EM and developed markets reach par
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.
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First Trust takes first steps into EU ETF market
First Trust has made its first foray into the European ETF market launching a range of Ucits-compliant offerings benchmarked against UK, US and emerging market equities indices.
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what to Do When Growth is Too Slow
BlackRock's Russ Koesterich gives advisers advice on how to combat the snails' paced global economy and surprisingly that doesn't have to mean abandoning bonds…
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Bond sales dip to nine month low
European bond fund sales tumbled to a nine-month low in February at just 9.4bn, in line with a general trend, according to Lipper data.
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keydata the structred product scapegoat
Keydata is in the headlines again as a result of the legal action being taken by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) against financial advice firms that sold certain Keydata products for which the FSCS has paid out compensation to investors.