Corporate bonds suddenly return to favour
European investors have suddenly started to pour in money into corporate bonds in June, while net inflows into high yield bond funds collapsed.
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European investors have suddenly started to pour in money into corporate bonds in June, while net inflows into high yield bond funds collapsed.
A significant recovery in sentiment and valuations of emerging markets assets has been under way over recent months but is this to last?
A significant recovery in sentiment and valuations of emerging markets assets has been under way over recent months but
The majority of Swedish fund selectors are keeping their equity allocations unchanged, with one notable exception: emerging markets equities.
Fund buyer enthusiasm about European, US and Japanese equities in Belgium is seriously cooling down. The number of buyers of all three asset classes has tumbled since January
Italys fund selectors have been flirting with emerging market debt before, but now seem to be going all the way.
Global asset management companies have never before been as divided on return prospects in emerging markets as they are now.
Flows into European equity funds are the lowest they have been for almost a year.
Emerging market bonds and equities continued to enjoy steady net inflows in May, reinforcing a strong trend of renewed investor enthusiasm for emerging markets.
Thomas Romig, head of multi-asset management at Union Investment in Frankfurt, has become more skeptical about return prospects for high yield.
Appetite for emerging market debt has surged in the first half of this year.
Emerging markets equities are now the most popular asset class among fund selectors across Europe.