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?
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Robot revolution poised to shake-up fund industry
Asset managers may soon be able to use cutting-edge deep learning technology to gain a defensible competitive advantage, according to AI expert Nick Bostrom.
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Brooks Macdonald assets fall but Amundi bucks trend
Brooks Macdonald has joined the growing rank of asset managers that have seen total assets contract for the first three months of 2018, but Amundi has just managed to buck the trend, posting assets under management (AUM) growth in Q1.
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Rating the ratings agencies
Many investors rely on fund rating systems to guide decisions. But are rating systems an effective way to gauge future performance and which is better – quantitative or qualitative analysis?
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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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‘If everyone moves one way you need to be careful’
Industry experts debated key issues at the Expert Investor Portugal event last week including big data overreach and whether Mifid II puts European asset managers at a disadvantage. Click though the slides to see images of the event and read related article.
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38% of fund buyers say volatility will boost returns
Professional fund buyers split on volatility impact on portfolios with 39% viewing volatility as a threat, according to survey
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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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NN IP to launch ESG products with ChinaAMC
NN Investment Partners and China Asset Management have partnered to launch ESG integrated fund products.