Macro News

  • nine in ten fund managers expect greece to default

    nine in ten fund managers expect greece to default

    More than 90% of fund managers say Greek default is now unavoidable, while seven in ten expect it to come before April next year, according to BofA Merrill Lynch’s October survey of fund managers.

  • china consensus still positive

    china consensus still positive

    China’s third quarter GDP figure is not a real cause for concern and investors should be on the look out for signs to increase exposure to the region, according to Tony Yousefian, Investment Director at OPM Fund Management among others.

  • us not emerging markets

    us not emerging markets

    A slowdown in corporate growth could put the kibosh on any continuing economic growth in emerging markets.

  • investors seek buying opportunities amid market volatility

    investors seek buying opportunities amid market volatility

    Investor confidence still has some way to fall before it hits the 2008 lows, with many planning to increase their stock market exposure over the next few months, according to the AIC.

  • osborne on the road to failure

    osborne on the road to failure

    Chancellor George Osborne will miss his borrowing targets regardless of whether he continues his austerity drive or not.

  • mandelson: eurozone needs surveillance with bite

    mandelson: eurozone needs surveillance with bite

    The eurozone needs to adopt a hard-line of invasive centralised control, or surveillance with bite, according to former EU Trade Commissioner Lord Mandelson.

  • higher tier one ratio puts only a sticking plaster on euro crisis

    higher tier one ratio puts only a sticking plaster on euro crisis

    The European Banking Authority has proposed a 9% capital threshold for the region’s banks, but this alone is not enough to avert a euro-banking crisis.

  • q4 equity recovery far from certain

    q4 equity recovery far from certain

    Political incompetence will continue to inhibit investor confidence and keep equity markets subdued in Q4, making a re-entry point hard to identify.

  • pa analysis positive news for markets comes with a long term view

    pa analysis positive news for markets comes with a long term view

    Even the most positive outlook for equity valuations is that they are fair rather than undervalued and that risk assets are still a long not a short-term play.

  • crispin odey us banks are beautiful

    crispin odey us banks are beautiful

    The star hedge fund manager says now is the time to brave equity markets and puts his money on US banks to lead the recovery.

  • schroders brown let Greece default

    schroders brown let Greece default

    Allowing Greece to default and exit the EMU would allow its currency to depreciate and the economy to become more competitive, according to Alan Brown, CIO at Schroders.

  • metals hit by mass sell off

    metals hit by mass sell off

    Industrial and precious metals, some of the last enclaves of perceived safety, have been hit by a mass sell off as investor sentiment plummeted.