Is oil facing a final washout?
The news over the weekend that the sanctions against Iran have been lifted took very few people by surprise, but the confirmation that the country is back among the global oil-producing fold does bode ill for prices.
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One year Mifid II delay might not be enough, says Esma chief
Delaying the implementation of Mifid II until January 2018 still might not give enough time for the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma), national regulators, and market participants to make the necessary IT changes, says Esma chair Steven Maijoor.
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Inequality to stay until tax havens go, says Oxfam
There will be no end to the inequality crisis until world leaders end the era of tax havens, once and for all, according to a report from charity Oxfam.
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NN IP: Investor outlook stable despite market turmoil
The downward trend that has taken hold in most equity markets during the past couple of months hasn’t led to a deteriorating investment sentiment, according to a poll conducted by NN Investment Parners among a group of institutional investors.
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JP Morgan AM’s Greco; The good European
JP Morgan Asset Management’s head of European funds Massimo Greco shares his insights on fees, Mifid II and the importance of stability in Europe.
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Oil slide could get worse, won’t get much better
The news that Brent Crude oil slipped below $35 a barrel for the first time since 2004 on Wednesday should come as little surprise.
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An EM rebound, calmer commodities, and other reasons to be optimistic
I’ve lost count of the number investors who described themselves as “cautiously optimistic” in 2015, but going into 2016 maybe we should drop the caution entirely (or at least tone it down a bit).
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Asset managers vs. fund selectors: were their stock market outlooks accurate?
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to scrutinise the forecasting capabilities of asset managers and fund selectors. Did their favourite asset classes at the end of last year indeed deliver the best performance, or did asset allocators fail hopelessly? In the first part of a two-piece series, we look at their equity…
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Fund buyers crave for Fed rate hike
This Wednesday, investors’ eyes are once again on the Fed, which is widely expected to deliver its first rate hike since 2006. Across Europe, fund selectors have been impatiently waiting for this for months. There is one exception though: investors in Scandinavia prefer the FOMC to defer a first rate hike to next year.
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The hidden risk in debt benchmarks
Bond indices were never intended to form a basis for investment, but merely reflect a market. As a consequence they expose investors to unintended risks and are not a rational investment strategy. Indices were never meant to drive investment strategy Bond indices, like all market indices, aim to represent a segment of the investable universe.…
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The October edition of the Expert Investor Europe magazine is out
One of the questions we examine in the October issue of the magazine is whether it makes sense now to allocate substantially to cash.
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Rate hike fears – are they warranted?
Thanks to the extensive forward guidance of the world’s major central banks, an interest rate hike by either the Fed or the Bank of England would not take investors by surprise. However, short-term consequences could still be grave, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has reportedly warned.