IMF flags next global crisis
After recently publishing a rosy global economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund sketched the contours of the next financial crisis, urging policymakers to take measures to rein in exuberance.
Macro News
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Could Catalonia cause chaos for global investors?
Should investors be worried about the impact of Spain’s worst political conflict in 40 years?
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IMF sees global growth accelerate
In a sign the world economy is heating up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its global GDP growth forecasts upwards for the second time this year. The global recovery is still “incomplete” though, it claimed.
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Fund groups failing to sell ethical investments
Investor demand for ethical products is on the rise but the industry has missed a trick by failing to speak in a language that resonates.
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Is October’s penchant for volatility cause for concern?
October is renowned as being particularly volatile for markets, but this reputation should be viewed in perspective as it stems from just three events, argues Architas’s Adrian Lowcock.
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Investors dump emerging market debt as Fed hike looms
Emerging market debt has been the best-selling asset class with European investors this year, but flows turned negative in late September against a backdrop of a hawkish Fed and a strengthening dollar.
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Iboss goes for gold with Old Mutual
Iboss has added Ned Naylor-Leyland’s Old Mutual Gold and Silver Fund to both its Oeic range of risk-rated funds and portfolio management service after altering its stance on gold.
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Brace for global recession in 2019
An economic downturn affecting most developed markets will occur in 2019, Aegon Asset Management has predicted.
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US and Europe: monetary divergence or convergence?
Blackrock’s chief investment strategist Richard Turnill believes “monetary divergence” between the US and the eurozone is creating investment opportunities.
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Pictet ups exposure to Europe and Japan
Pictet Asset Management has increased its weightings to the eurozone and Japan, while at a sector level it has raised exposure to financial and energy companies.
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King’s speech rattles Spanish markets
The Spanish stock market opened deep in the red on Tuesday morning, following a combative speech by Spain’s King Felipe in which the monarch blamed Catalan authorities squarely for the escalating political crisis that has engulfed the Mediterranean country.
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Govt sets up asset management taskforce
A taskforce to examine how the £8trn UK asset management business can beat the Brexit blues will be set up by the Treasury, City minister Stephen Barclay has revealed.