As we enter 2014‚ spread levels across developed credit markets are tighter than they have been since the third quarter of 2007 showing the extent to which spreads have now retraced since the global financial crisis.
Pictet boosts its emerging corporate bonds team with the hire of senior investment manager Luke Chua.
Schroder tackles eurozone 'sweet spot' by launching its EURO Credit Conviction Fund.
Stock selection will be crucial to delivering performance from European equities in 2014, according to Rory Bateman, head of UK and European equity at Schroders.
Schroders Joanna Shatney said the biggest threat facing her next year was that of an external monetary policy mistake, with the proximity and importance of the election in Q3 likely to dampen the threat of any domestic political manoeuvring.
Russell Investments is continuing to ramp up its multi-asset team with the hire of David Vickers as a senior portfolio manager on its £1.2bn Multi-Asset Growth Strategy.
Schroders has registered a pre-tax profit rise of 31% to £350m in the nine months to end September, with assets under management climbing to £256.7bn.
Virginie Maisonneuve has decided to leave Schroders to join Pimco.
Europe may have started to show signs of economic recovery – investor awareness is certainly increasing – but relatively poor corporate earnings may put the dampeners on any sustained market growth.
Schroders has launched a catastrophe bond fund on its Luxembourg Ucits platform to sit alongside its range of products aimed at giving investors easier access to hedge funds.
European equities are expected to be the best-performing asset class over the next 12 months, according to half of Schroders’ intermediary clients.
Schroders is to launch an externally-managed fund this November which focusses on European corporate credits and financials.
