Belgians lose appetite for developed
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
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Fund managers not prepared for AIFMD
With the AIFMD-deadline of 22 July approaching, the majority of fund managers active in Europe have not yet filed an application.
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Italians falling in love with emerging market debt
Italys fund selectors have been flirting with emerging market debt before, but now seem to be going all the way.
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Danish high yield appetite hits record low
Danish fund selector enthusiasm about high yield bonds has vanished quickly.
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Developed equity mania cooling down
Money flows to developed equity funds are now at the lowest level since June 2013, according to the latest EIE fund flows data.
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Indecisiveness sets in with Swedish fund selectors
The majority of Swedish fund selectors are keeping their equity allocations unchanged, the freshest EIE data concerning Sweden indicate.
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Fund selector fantasies all about European equity
European fund selectors who take part in this year’s EIE Fantasy Fund Picker Competition have a strong bias towards European equity funds.
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Asset managers divided about EM equity prospects
Global asset management companies have never before been as divided on return prospects in emerging markets as they are now.
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Flows into European equities cool down
Flows into European equity funds are the lowest they have been for almost a year.
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Egill Brynjolfsson on the attractiveness of European equities – part 1 of 2
European equities are a much better proposition than US equities, says Egill Darri Brynjólfsson from Landsbref Bank in Iceland.
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Emerging markets continue to capture investors
Emerging market bonds and equities continued to enjoy steady net inflows in May, reinforcing a strong trend of renewed investor enthusiasm for emerging markets.
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“Short-duration high yield has become too crowded” – Thomas Romig
Thomas Romig, head of multi-asset management at Union Investment in Frankfurt, has become more skeptical about return prospects for high yield.