Heartwood adding to European overweight despite Greece troubles
Heartwood Investment Management has added to its European equities overweight during the past week despite all the fallout from Greece’s potential eurozone exit.
Heartwood Investment Management has added to its European equities overweight during the past week despite all the fallout from Greece’s potential eurozone exit.
Most European markets were trading lower (somewhere between 1 and 2%) in early trade on Monday, after Greece’s historic no vote in Sunday’s austerity referendum.
“Events in Greece have tipped the balance,” Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, said on Wednesday as explanation for the Financial Policy Committee’s view that risks to financial stability have worsened.
For the past few weeks, Greece and her creditors have engaged in more and more intensive dialogue in order to try to bridge the gap between their respective positions over continuing the gradual and orderly restructuring of the Greek economy and government finances.
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Markets around the world have once again been spooked by Greece as the European Central Bank limited funding over the weekend and capital controls were imposed.
Fundamentals underpinning European equities remain intact despite the ongoing Greece saga, according to Jaisal Pastakia, investment manager at Heartwood Investment Management.
The FTSE 100 fell significantly as markets fretted over whether Greece will fail to reach a deal with its creditors and default on its €300m International Monetary Fund payment tomorrow.
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After falling for much of 2014, fund flows into Europe have definitely picked up in 2015. But, with worries about Greece continuing and valuations within equity markets less compelling than they were, how should investors be viewing the market?