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.
Currency
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Eurozone volatility could boost appeal of UK stocks
British equities may benefit from political turmoil in Spain and Italy despite Brexit concerns.
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Markets take stock of Italy crisis
The global bond market sell-off this week sparked by the political crisis in Italy may create buy opportunities in Spanish and Portuguese debt.
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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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Chinese bonds add diversification to global index
The inclusion of Chinese bonds in the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Index is an incremental step in China opening up its economy that has been welcomed by investors, but their introduction to popular emerging market indices could be more disruptive.
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Swisscanto launches passive EM bond fund
Zürcher Kantonalbank Group’s (ZKB’s) asset management arm, Swisscanto has launched an emerging markets currency bond fund that aims to provide yield in the current low interest rate environment.
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Japanese equities – this time lucky?
The re-election of Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister in September has triggered a surge in inflows to Japanese equities. Is Japan’s recent streak of strong performance set to continue or are we witnessing yet another false dawn?
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Investors flock to EM debt in yield-starved world
With most global fixed income markets priced for perfection, investors are flocking to the one yield hold-out left: emerging market debt. But are investors really being compensated for the risk?
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Is there a tech bubble?
Valuations of some technology stocks have sky-rocketed in recent, sparking comparisons with the tech bubble at the turn of the millennium. Is this time different?
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Investors hedge US equity positions
European investors have been responding to this year’s dollar weakness by hedging their investments in US equities, according to Morningstar data.
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Euro powers ahead as Draghi keeps silent
The euro has reached multi-year highs against all other major currencies this week after ECB-president Mario Draghi gave a blank speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting.
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Pound at fresh lows against euro after BoE decision
Sterling has fallen to its lowest point against the euro since December 2009 following the Bank of England’s (BoE) decision last week to keep rates unchanged.