Low spreads, high inflation and rising defaults: Navigating fixed income in 2023
There is a question over whether spreads adequately reflect the outlook for the global economy
Asset Allocation
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How Covid-19 shifted insurer investment strategies
74% expect portfolio illiquidity to increase in the next year-and-a-half.
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Liquid Alts: a phoenix from the ashes?
They were plagued by issues like managing ‘unconstrained’ strategies in ‘constrained’ vehicles, wishful thinking and back-tested results, and an aggressive hot-dot sales culture
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Portfolio cash levels revisited on stagflation risk
With markets upgrading the probability of a stagflationary environment, Europe’s asset allocators assess whether to scale down portfolio risk
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BNP Paribas AM to launch sub-advisory platform
At launch, it will offer 10 funds investing in European, eurozone, US and emerging market equities, together with European fixed income
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Federal Reserve predicted to hold rates until 2023
As Bank of England also votes to maintain at 0.1%
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Passive funds leave active in the dust
Investors behaving like fund managers by trading active funds opportunistically and ‘buying and holding’ index trackers
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Is it finally the era of Asian dominance?
The term ‘Asian Century’ entered common usage in the 1980s, as a way of describing the region’s anticipated economic dominance in the 21st century, writes Sunny Bangia, portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners.
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European fund selectors view 2021 with optimistic eyes
Cash allocations expected to drop as investors look to deploy capital
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Five funds that offer solid exposure to China
Morningstar’s head of manager selection, Ruli Viljoen, picks funds expected to deliver over the long term
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Water investment opportunities abound in DM as well as EM
Drive for improvements will stem from necessity more than choice
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How asset allocators can rise to the challenge in 2021
Agility, efficiency and aligning fragmented systems are key factors