Meeting of the achieved target returns rather than poor fund performance is the key reason that a majority of Asian retail investors sell their fund investments, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.
India has been many wealth managers’ tip for 2015; so far so good but are rate cuts really the way forward?
Bond sentiment in Denmark has sunk well below freezing this winter, as fund selectors are left wondering how to squeeze return from their bond holdings.
A six-month outflow streak in European equities came to a halt in the first month of the new year, according to Morningstar’s freshest fund flows data.
European equities are back on top of Danish investors’ buy lists. The asset class fell out of favour last autumn, but is now more popular than ever as fund selectors expect economic growth on the continent to accelerate on the back of the weaker euro.
German borrowing costs over five years fell into negative territory for the first time on Thursday, as demand for German bonds continued unabated.
Absolute return funds welcomed 43.5bn in net flows in 2014, by far the highest inflows of any asset class. By contrast, high yield bond funds, which were very popular in the previous three years, have fallen out of grace.
Morningstars December fund flows exposed an appetite gap between investment grade bonds and higher yielding, riskier bonds.
A significant minority of Portuguese fund selectors have decided to shed their exposure to developed market corporate and government bonds completely, in response to near-zero yields. Will the rest of Europe follow suit?
EIE’s Fantasy Fund Picker Competition is still too close to call, as four fund selectors still have victory within reach.
Swedish fund selectors have further increased their focus on small cap equities. Nowhere in Europe, smaller companies are as popular as in the Nordic nation.
Appetite for alternative Ucits products among fund selectors in Barcelona has come down considerably since October. Especially long/short bond funds have fallen out of grace.
