A new crisis ahead
The portents for another major financial crisis are becoming stronger, so investors would better prepare for the storm.
Investment
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Zurich fund buyers have faith in three arrows
Zurich’s fund selectors are way more enthusiastic about Japanese equities than their counterparts in any other country.
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Swiss see absolute return as bond alternative
Absolute return is hot in Zurich, our researcher found out on his trip to the Swiss city last week.
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European equity funds finally in the red
Mutual funds which invest in European equities suffered net outflows in July for the first time since March 2013.
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Munich fund selectors go US
Fund selectors in Munich have switched their attention from European to American equities, the latest data collected in the city by EIE show.
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Emerging markets enchant Bavarians
Emerging markets enthusiasm was sky high in Munich when our researcher visited fund selectors in the Bavarian capital last week.
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either European or US equities in The Netherlands
The Dutch fund selector community is split about which developed equities to buy.
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Equity fund launches boom in 2014
Mutual fund launches in the equity space in Europe continued to rise in the second quarter of this year, new data by Lipper indicate.
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Sudden slip of developed fund manager sentiment
Asset managers have abruptly changed their return expectations for US, and especially European equities.
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Strong Dutch engagement with EM equities
Fund selectors in The Netherlands are almost unequivocal in their enthusiasm for emerging market equities.
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Gold and oil trackers in favour with investors
Gold and oil ETP’s are seeing the longest stretch of consecutive positive flows since October 2012
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Fund managers continue to favour developed over EM
International asset management companies continue to prefer developed stocks over emerging equity markets.