PA ANALYSIS: A flash in the pan or echoes of Black Monday?
As budding financial detectives seek the culprit for last week’s ‘flash crash’ in sterling, others are reminded of crises past.
Currencies
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Franklin Templeton launches global currency Sicav
Franklin Templeton Investment has launched a Luxembourg-registered global currency fund.
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Currencies: Swings and roundabouts
Making a call on currencies can be make or break for a portfolio and as the global economy enters uncharted waters, managers are looking for signs of the next big swing
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China’s RMB under devaluation pressure
The Chinese currency is under depreciation pressure, as the country needs to lower its foreign debt levels, according to Mo Ji, the firm’s chief economist for Asia ex-Japan at Amundi Asset Management.
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PA ANALYSIS: Absolute return facing up to its “biggest enemy”
Sterling’s latest dramatic fall demonstrates investors’ need to manage both currency as well as equity volatility, but do the big funds deliver in mitigating these risks within your portfolios?
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Schroders adds rates and currencies manager
Schroders has appointed James Lindsay-Fynn as a portfolio manager focusing on rates and currencies.
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PA ANALYSIS: Is a weaker pound a blessing or curse for investors?
A weakening currency is seldom a black and white issue.
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There are simple solutions to China’s troubles, says Neptune
China’s troubles have been overplayed by markets and have ‘simple, feasible solutions’, according to chief economist and CIO at Neptune Investment Management James Dowey.
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All eyes turn to Fed’s next steps and China’s response
Markets have welcomed confirmation of the widely expected first interest rate rise since the financial crisis, but all eyes have quickly turned to focus on what comes next.
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PA ANALYSIS: Currency to play greater role in portfolio returns
ETF Securities has reported a three-fold increase in ‘retail’ investors looking to hedge their currency exposure since the start of the year.
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Are currency funds set for a comeback?
Commodity trading advisor (CTA) strategies should benefit if market volatility remains high for a sustained period, and currency-focused funds are a particularly good bet, argues Harmen Overdijk, managing partner at Hong Kong-based Caidao Wealth.
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PA ANALYSIS: China creating big trouble for emerging markets
The issue of the value of China’s currency versus other major currencies, particularly the US dollar, has been rumbling on for many years now.
