Expert Investor Finland photo gallery
Here you can see a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Finland, held in Helsinki on 17 May 2016.
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Finns turn bearish on economic outlook
The plummeting equity markets in the first two months of this year have left their mark on the mood of Finnish fund buyers. Half of the investors interviewed by our researcher in Helsinki last week do now have a negative macroeconomic outlook. This is up from just 10% when the Finns were polled previously in…
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Investors find their way back to EM equities
Emerging market equities have returned to favour with European investors, for as long as it lasts. After 10 straight months of net outflows, money is finally flowing into the asset class again, according to the latest Morningstar fund flows data.
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Fixed income investing requires an active approach, says Eelis Hein
In an interview with EIE’s editor Dylan Emery, FIM CIO Eelis Hein explains why he thinks it’s still possible to squeeze returns out of low-yielding fixed income.
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Finnish fund buyers: ECB to ease, Fed must tighten
Fund selectors in Finland are adopting the contradictory stance observed quite frequently these days with investors in Europe: they want the Fed to hike rates at the earliest possible occasion, while they would welcome a move by the ECB to extend its quantitative easing programme.
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Expert Investor Finland photo gallery
Here is a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Finland, held in Helsinki on 10 November 2015.
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Fed must hike rates now, say Finnish fund selectors
Just like all their European counterparts, apart from the dovish Swedes and Danes, Finland’s fund buyers want to see a US rate hike sooner rather than later. But what does that mean for emerging markets, one of their favourite places to invest at the moment?
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Market-neutral equity – a replacement for fixed income?
Tero Jaakkola, a fund consultant based in Helsinki, tells EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra why he advises his clients to invest up to 40% of their portfolios in market-neutral equity funds.
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Pension funds embrace mutual funds
European pension funds have increased their allocation to mutual funds from 19% in 2008 to 31% in 2014, according to a research report by PwC which was commissioned by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (Alfi).
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Finns top up on high yield bonds
High yield bonds still have few rivals in Finland. Upon our researcher’s last visit, about six in ten fund selectors told her they planned to increase their exposure to the asset class.
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Finnish fund buyers: bargains ahead in EM
Are the Finns all going contrarian? It looks like it, as a record 58% of fund buyers from the Nordic country will be increasing their exposure to emerging market equities in the next 12 months.
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Prospects for European equities are still good on the long term, says Erik Arranto – part 2 of 2
European equities have further to go on the long term, even though financial markets are currently underestimating the risks connected to Greece, says Erik Arranto of Elite Asset Management in Helsinki.