ECB will pursue more QE – BlackRock
More easing is on its way from the European Central Bank, according to BlackRock.
More easing is on its way from the European Central Bank, according to BlackRock.
Investors will remember 2015 as a year spent trying to guess what major central banks around the world would do or say next.
Japan falling into a technical recession despite the monetary stimulus measures that have been taken does not mean there are no bright spots in the country, including a booming construction sector.
Real GDP growth for the Eurozone softened in the third quarter but not by enough to mean a further expansion of monetary easing is appropriate, according to senior European economist at Schroders Azad Zangana.
David Cameron has written his Christmas list early this year, kicking off his campaign to renegotiate the UK’s membership of the EU, and telling us that his objectives will be difficult, but not impossible, to achieve. Whether or not he gets his wish depends on the European Council, rather than Saint Nick.
It has become fashionable for central bankers around the world to strike a gloomier tone in recent meetings.
A year after the decision to increase its quantitative easing programme the Bank of Japan (BoJ) voted on Friday, by a majority of eight to one, to leave its policy unchanged at ¥80trn a year.
Volatility expectations have been given a shot in the arm by August’s wild swings, but despite this many investors are determined to stay the course.
Parmenion Investment Management has launched Conviction solution, a client portfolio offering a dynamic active/passive split.
Pictet Asset Management has shifted some of its high-yield exposure over to sovereign debt.
Gold is set to benefit from a continuation of global quantitative easing, says Thomas Miller Investment, prompting the manager to consider branching out into a market that it would traditionally avoid.
Expectation is mounting that China is planning its own version of quantitative easing and investors weighing up how to play the world’s most populated country may struggle to assess the situation.