What if the Fed is wrong and other scary thoughts for 2016
A look at the coming year for those whose glass is half empty.
Investment
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Brendan Murray’s guide to navigating uncertain macro weather
In this video interview, Putnam Investments’ Brendan Murray explains how growth and inflation impact the performance of different investment strategies.
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Woolnough says world economy healthier than many think
Arguably the biggest name in UK fixed-income investing, M&G’s Richard Woolnough talks bear markets, duration, deflation, outflows and whether bonds really do have a problem with illiquidity
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Emerging market corporate bonds – between a rock and a hard place
Debt-to-GDP ratios in emerging market countries have been rising at alarming rates this year, according to the latest data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF). China, Saudi-Arabia and Turkey have seen the most rapid debt build-up.
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Video interview – Moving up the risk ladder with Walid Moukarzel
In this video interview, Walid Moukarzel, head of investment advisory at Banque Audi Suisse in Geneva, tells how he has been moving his conservative clients along the risk curve.
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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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Fed hits right notes as rates rise for the first time in nine years
About the right amount of ‘dovishness’ seems to be the initial verdict from market commentators pronouncing on what had been billed as the biggest event in financial markets since the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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Oil price plunge looms large on investors’ minds
The plunge in oil has moved front and centre in investors’ market thinking despite the looming Fed rate decision, experts say. But not all the thinking is negative.
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Half of hedge fund managers planning new funds in 2016
Around half of hedge funds intend to launch a new fund by the end of next year and most are reporting rising assets, according to industry research.
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Turning up the heat on active managers
Active managers are under fire from all sides. Regulators in the Nordic countries are leading the attack on closet trackers, and cheaper ETFs are eating market share. Fund selectors are looking on this favourably, though the asset management example is not followed by the wholesale sector in every European country.
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Expected performance to VaR, a key ratio for a multi-manager approach
In this video interview, the lead manager of the Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies fund Brooks Ritchey talks about his favourite metric to measure fund managers by, which is Value at Risk (VaR), or rather: expected performance to VaR in a stress test scenario.
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Part 2 of 2 – Replacing fixed income with alternatives
In part two of a video interview, Alexandre Garrabou von Trotha explains why he has stocked up on absolute return funds, especially for his most conservative clients.