Number of European active funds beating benchmarks rose sharply in 2015 – Lyxor
Lyxor Asset Management has found that close to half of European domiciled active funds outperformed their benchmarks last year, a big increase on 2014.
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Europe’s recovery potential more powerful than Brexit – Invesco
Brexit and its consequences are not powerful enough to kill off Europe’s recovery potential, according to Jeff Taylor, head of European equities at Invesco Perpetual.
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UK dividends trailing behind global competitors
The United Kingdom’s dividends lagged behind its G7 industrialised peers in the second quarter as the effects from weaker profits and a flailing post-Brexit pound severely hampered pay-outs.
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Global ETF assets growth not dragged down by regulation
Global ETF AUM is expected to climb to $7 trillion by 2021 facilitated by steady growth in the North American, European and Asian markets, a new PwC survey shows.
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PA OPINION: What if Brexit goes to extra time?
With yesterday’s woeful draw, the England football team will feasibly last longer in Europe than their nation, but what if the referendum ends up being a tie? Penalties?
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PA Video Insight: A bright long-term view for a long/short strategy with a long bias
Any UK-based European equity manager will have had his head filled with Brexit over the past few months but, as Mike Buhl-Nielsen points out, it is only one of a long list of headwinds all managers are facing
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Manulife to expand Europe presence
Manulife Asset Management, the investment management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, has launched operations in the UK and plans to expand in other parts of Europe.
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PA ANALYSIS: Investors in wait-and-see mode as data give few hints
Financial markets have lacked direction in recent months, with the main equity indices all very close to where they were at the start of the year. Macroeconomic data are not strong enough to reinvigorate the bull market, yet not sufficiently weak to stoke fears of recession.
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Only 1% of European equities managers stay top quartile
Only slightly over 1% of European equity large cap funds have managed to consistently secure a top-quartile finish over the past three years, fresh research by Expert Investor reveals.
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Vodafone’s ‘Project Spring’ sends its shares upward
Vodafone’s shares were up this morning following the publication of its year end results, trading 2.35% higher at £2.28.
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PA Expert Insight:There are other European considerations than Brexit
To paraphrase a sporting aphorism: ‘Brexit is temporary, currency is permanent’ so while the hot debate rages on the relative strength of the euro is a consideration that will not go away. Yet…
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Global high-yield defaults to rise further in 2016
The global high-yield default rate will rise to reach 5% in November this year, according to Moody’s Investors Service forecasts.
