Natixis Global Asset Management has issued its latest UK Portfolio Barometer on how advisers positioned model portfolios in the fourth quarter of 2016. Here are five of the key takeaways.
A dip in bond yields incited investor appetite for riskier bonds, while Donald Trump’s economic nationalism has made emerging markets a compelling contrarian prospect, according to fund flows data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The rise of populism is increasing the risk of a near-term policy shock, and thus of renewed market volatility. While we believe the fundamental environment remains sound, risks are rising. This suggests that prudent investors may want to consider positioning portfolios more conservatively, at least at the margin.
Outcome-based investing is the investment structure of the decade and is predicated on maximising risk management first and eeking out returns second.
Parmenion has decided to take risk off the table within its range of risk graded portfolios.
Following the turbulence of the first quarter, Eoin Murray, head of the Hermes Investment Office, believes that markets continue to be at risk of price spikes and falls, with volatility and liquidity risk being particularly concerning.
Over half of UK financial advisers say their client’s appetite for risk has decreased over the last year – with some saying the drop has been ‘dramatic’, according to new research by online investment platform rplan.
August’s Black Monday and the US Federal Reserve’s ongoing tug-of-war on interest rates have ushered in volatility, underscoring the need for diversification and protection against the downside. With investors seeking safety, how can they make sense of the markets?
Mark Carney has, according to the Sunday Times, told fund managers to prepare for a mass sell-off in stocks and bonds that could be triggered by a Bank of England rate hike.
The latest fund flow report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows a clear move to the hills as investors rotated out of risky assets like high yield and emerging market debt into high quality government bonds and money market funds.
There remains a significant disconnect between investors’ appetite for risk and the returns they expect to receive, new research by Schroders shows.
Risk is not theoretical, it is very real: this is the key principle Courtiers chief investment officer Gary Reynolds works to.
