The bull and bear case for Chinese equities
Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has a base case of 0% returns for China equities in 2016.
Asset Allocation
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Schroders’ Brookes warns on property valuations, bond market liquidity
Property valuations are close to if not at peaks in the view of Schroders head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes.
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Asset Allocator: UBS Wealth’s James Mulford
James Mulford made his move to UBS Wealth Management from Barclays Wealth in perhaps the most pivotal year in the recent history of financial markets, 2007.
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PA ANALYSIS: Are emerging markets at rock bottom?
Emerging markets may look cheap relative to their history, but investors have been slow to call the nadir while there remains no obvious sign of economic improvement.
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Kames shifts EM positioning
Kames has moved its portfolios from underweight to a neutral weighting in emerging markets equities and bonds, after distressed valuations presented a buying opportunity.
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SHAM: All dolled up for a real alternative investment
It’s all about the battle of the hairdos, apparently. Yes, Just Collecting’s Barbie Index has cast a light on where investors really should be doling out their plastic this summer.
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How to move from fund to wealth management
Jumping from long-only fund management to private client wealth management is not for the fainthearted but Cornelian’s Hector Kilpatrick relishes the adaptability such role provides.
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Institutional investors focus on multi-asset as risk turns back on
Institutional investors continue to favour multi-asset strategies as a way of balancing risk and return a new survey by NN Investment Partners shows.
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Americans like it stupid, for europeans smart is beta
While standard index-trackers are more widely used in the US than in Europe, the opposite is true for so-called smart beta strategies, according to a survey conducted by the asset manager FTSE Russell among mainly institutional investors.
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Risk-parity creates risks of its own kind, say fund managers at Expert Investor Monaco
Funds which aim to achieve positive returns regardless of market direction have enjoyed unprecedented inflows over the past year. While the main driver behind this trend is the increased investor need to dampen their losses when markets fall, risk-parity funds engender risks of their own kind.
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PA ANALYSIS: Ways to beat the heat in the bond pressure cooker
After months of grinding yield compression the pressure valve on the German sovereign bond market was released, with 10-year bund yields jumping almost ten-fold in the space of a few days.
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Architas’ sweeney joins rock on multi asset suite
Architas has appointed Nathan Sweeney as co-manager on its active multi-asset fund suite following the departure of Stephanie Carbonneil for Schroders.
