Latam rebound lifts Spanish earnings
Growth in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico and steady domestic economy boosts Spanish corporates Q1 results.
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Goldman Sachs: AI opening new vistas in quants analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies have opened new ways to harvest data for insights, but human judgment is essential to the process, argues Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Gary Chropuvka.
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Eurozone slowdown: a mid-cycle slump?
Snowy sub-zero weather has been blamed for the first quarter fall in growth. Will the bloc rebound?
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Columbia Threadneedle to move EU client assets ahead of Brexit
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched 13 Sicav versions of Oeics ahead of the UK’s exit from the European Union as the asset manager prepares to switch EU-based investors out of its UK-domiciled range into Luxembourg-domiciled alternatives.
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Morningstar to revamp sustainability ratings
Global research firm to tweak methodology to address criticism that it discriminates against small and mid-cap companies.
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Nordic selectors warm to developed market govt bonds
Sentiment towards developed market government bonds moves to ‘neutral’ in Nordic region, but remains ‘negative’ for pan European selectors.
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Nordic confidence on Japan wavers as yen falls
Japanese equity funds have lost their appeal to Nordic fund selectors because of concerns about the depreciating yen.
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End of QE requires radical rethink
The end of the QE-led economic cycle means investors may need a more diversified portfolio – with defensive equities such as healthcare, commodities and short-term high-yield bonds – to ensure outperformance as we enter a period of greater uncertainty, according to analysts at Denmark’s Saxo Bank.
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‘Double whammy’ could retool Swedish industrials
A looming election and ultra-loose monetary policy have fuelled uncertainty in Sweden. The opportunities, therefore, may rest with world trade and a fall in the value of the krona.
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Survey: 75% investors expect improvement to EMD fundamentals
Majority of institutional investors expect allocations to emerging market debt to increase over the next year despite concerns that rising interest rates could encourage outflows, according to poll.
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Ex-Franklin pair join Mobius EM-ESG launch
Mark Mobius has formally confirmed former Franklin Templeton colleagues Carlos Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny as founding partners in his eponymous boutique firm, as details of the planned emerging and frontier markets fund are revealed.
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DFMs using sector ETFs doubles
Wealth managers are increasing their use of sector ETFs as they seek a wider dispersion of returns and a more granular approach to asset allocation, according to research from SPDR ETF.