European investor confidence plummets
European investors retreated from risk in June according to State Street’s investor confidence index amid rising European political turmoil and global trade war fears.
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How to pick an ESG fund
The rapid growth of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) based funds can make hard to figure out which funds are truly incorporating the three elements, and which are satisfying requirements on a surface level. Click through the gallery below for a series of fund selector tips on the best ways to pick an ESG fund.
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ETFs ‘could spark next financial crisis’
An economics consultancy has warned that ETFs contain a design flaw and could well be the catalyst for the next financial crisis.
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Russia begins to embrace global ESG trend
Oil and gas companies dominate the Russian economy, but investor efforts to encourage better corporate governance are beginning to yield results.
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Moulding holdings around plastic clampdown
Encouraging biodegradable packaging and avoiding single-use plastics is becoming part of firms’ ESG criteria in the face of the destructive impact of plastics on the world’s oceans.
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Five emerging market views on Mexican elections
Mexico is set to lurch to the left when it goes to the polls this weekend with populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known by his nickname Amlo, the front runner in the presidential elections. Five managers weigh in on what Mexico’s politics mean for emerging market investors.
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China’s asset managers eye European investors
Trend growing for Chinese asset managers to launch Ucits or alternative investment funds in Europe.
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Multi-asset boutique increases European exposure
Boutique London-based asset manager Kestrel Investment Partners is increasing exposure to Europe’s financial, telecom and pharmaceutical sectors on the back of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing (QE) decision.
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Saudi Arabia added to the MSCI EM index
Saudi Arabia has been upgraded by index provider MSCI to its emerging market index, alongside Argentina, which has re-entered the index after being dropped in 2009.
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Selectors cool on China despite buoyant returns
The risk of a trade war between China and the US has fuelled investor uncertainty. One fund selector has dropped their only China equity focused fund while another portfolio manager has reduced his China allocation.
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Has fund manager pay gone too far?
The huge salaries awarded in the asset management industry could have a damaging effect on investor returns.
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Neuberger EMD fund reduces currency and duration risk
The Neuberger Berman Emerging Market Debt Local Currency Fund has reduced currency and duration risk in the portfolio following underperformance against the benchmark over the last quarter.