Photofinish looms for EIE Fantasy Fund
EIE’s Fantasy Fund Picker Competition is still too close to call, as four fund selectors still have victory within reach.
Investment
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Defiant Swedes keep faith in small caps
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.
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Have Spanish fund selectors given up
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.
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Fund flows figures expose high yield outflows
High yield bonds registered a record 7.3bn in net outflows in December, according to Morningstar’s latest fund flows data. European investors reacted strongly on a momentary market correction that month.
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Catalan investors at odds with fund managers
Fund selectors in Barcelona are convinced Spanish bonds are overpriced. But bond fund managers brazenly told the crowd that they will edge even lower, at least in the short term.
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Asset managers record bullish on property
After years of disappointing performance and lacklustre investor appetite, property funds now again have great return prospects, asset managers believe
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Belgium fund buyers opt for safety
Belgian fund selectors have become more cautious in their outlook for most asset classes. Macroeconomic optimism is also clearly on the wane.
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Alternative Ucits investors bet on the wrong horse
Event-driven strategies enjoyed the largest relative inflows of all alternative Ucits categories in the second half of 2014, but showed the worst performance.
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Be wary of multiasset funds chasing yield
Most multi-asset funds need to offer an income yield around the 5% level to be competitive, says rating agency, Fundhouse, but this is increasingly tough to deliver.
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Belgian fund selectors expect Qe
Fund buyers attending Expert Investor Belgium in Brussels expect the ECB’s new government bond-buying programme to push equities higher.
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Liquid alternatives to take share from hedge funds
The hedge fund industry is under strong competitive pressure to change, yet managers remain generally optimistic, according to a survey from State Street.
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Frontier markets rough ride
Volatility in frontier market equities has been quite extreme over the past couple of months, but to what extent has this turbulence affected investor sentiment?