BlackRock tips India Turkey and Indonesia
BlackRock said in spite of problems facing the emerging markets, over and above those stemmed from the Ukraine, it had identified some select opportunities in fixed interest.
BlackRock said in spite of problems facing the emerging markets, over and above those stemmed from the Ukraine, it had identified some select opportunities in fixed interest.
After over a decade at the company, BlackRocks Richard Plackett is taking a six month sabbatical with effect from 1 April.
Gold returns to the headlines amid political unrest but what exactly is its role in a portfolio these days?
Former BlackRock equity specialist Bob Doll predicts a return to ‘normal’ as volatility picks up in the year ahead.
Due to oversubscription, BlackRock soft-closed its Asia Extension Fund to new investors, one of three funds in its Asia strategy.
The concept of describing emerging markets as acronyms may work well for economic analysis but it is stock valuations that are key to GEM investing right now.
Investors are making the case for non-state-controlled companies in resource-rich Latin America
BlackRocks newest multi-asset fund is designed to deliver equity-like returns for emerging market investors.
Emerging markets had a tough 2013 but the long-term opportunities still exist in both equities and fixed income, with the IMA reflecting the latter and introducing a GEM bond sector.
In a tough year for fixed income buyers, if there was one call that bond fund managers had to get right in 2013 it was the maturity decision with longer-dated bonds selling off while shorter-dated bonds fared reasonably well.
Last year began with many focusing on what could go wrong. We had just gone through the fiscal cliff debacle, investors were worried about the European debt crisis, and the outlook for US and global economic growth looked uncertain.
Even though RDR removed the commission barrier and stamp duty on ETFs has been abolished, passive funds are not finding everything their own way despite competing on their own terms with the active giants.