Will taper tantrum happen again?
Emerging market debt has been attracting robust inflows but as monetary policy tightens and volatility rises can the asset class retain its appeal?
Investment
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Pan-European Congress 2018 Special Edition
With bond yields still at record lows, the ECB planning to pull back its QE programme, and the US slowly rising interest rates, Expert Investor asked investment experts where they found opportunity at its Pan-European Rome Congress.
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Columbia Threadneedle expands European multi-asset range
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is expanding its Luxembourg multi-asset offering with the launch of a fund that is designed to deliver equity-like returns of 4% above European inflation.
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Five ways to integrate ESG into investments
The days of treating ESG and sustainability matters as “extra curricular” are numbered and will be the differentiator for investments in the future, according to Legg Mason affiliates. Click through the slides below to find out five ways to integrate ESG into investments.
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Investors exposed to soaring duration in Vanguard Lifestrategy
Vanguard’s £9.6bn Lifestrategy range is exposing investors to interest rate risk, as governments and corporates buying up cheap, long-dated debt skew duration in indices that the passives giant tracks.
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Spotting defaults in high yield portfolios
Defaults normally take a couple of years after the first warning signs and therefore can usually be predicted, said Vivek Bommi, European high yield and global high yield manager for Neuberger Berman. He explains some of the red flags and his approach to risk.
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Survey: February volatility prompted 42% of investors to rethink equity strategy
February’s spike in volatility caused nearly half (42.1%) of investors to adjust their equity market outlook, according to the results of a survey published by BarclayHedge and Markov Processes International (MPI).
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JP Morgan unveils ESG fixed income index
Blackrock has helped JP Morgan create a new fixed income index for emerging market issuers with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
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Five ‘unloved’ investments worth a fresh look
Long term investors should seek out some often overlooked sectors to boost portfolio diversification, according to Morningstar Investment Management. Click through the slides below to find out which five areas it has identified as hidden investment opportunities.
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A strategy to tackle rise in volatility
Being long on equities, more tactical on fixed income and using derivatives is what a Spanish fund selector is doing to avoid volatility.
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Numbers are not enough to select funds
Spanish fund selector Celia Benedé Miranda delves into whether numbers really matter when it comes to fund selection.
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Study: EM fixed income appetite still strong
Fixed-income products account for more than three quarters of institutions’ portfolios as investors look to emerging markets to mitigate impact of low interest rates in eurozone, according to study.