Benchmark 10-year bond yields in the Eurozone have more than doubled since the end of April, when they reached an all-time low. Are we now simply witnessing a correction after markets overshot in the wake of the ECB’s bond-buying programme, or is this the beginning of a serious bond bear market as deflation worries have…
With the United States’ equities bull-run into its sixth year and valuations looking pretty much up to the brim, investor sentiment has steadily shifted more in favour of European stocks – but should investors really make big cuts to their US allocation?
While this decompression will have been welcomed by investors looking to buy into the market, it was the opposite for those at the long end of the curve, with10-year bond holders losing around 5% of their capital. Though the price shift made the headlines, rather than coming as a great surprise it has merely served…
EIE’s editor Dylan Emery invited four of the most senior fund distributors in Europe to discuss industry trends. The conversation revealed that absolute return does not only top fund selectors’ buy lists. It also dominates the agenda of asset management companies.
Private investors in the Netherlands and Sweden are much more comfortable with risk-taking than their counterparts in the rest of Europe.
Investors in developed market sovereign bonds have had a very disconcerting year. But, just how different will 2015 be?
European wealth managers are looking to expand the number of operational risk managers, client advisers and product specialists on their payroll while planning to shed middle- and back-office staff.
As retail investors are very good at misallocating their savings, the rise of execution-only is regrettable, says Massimo Greco
Though fund selector sentiment towards the asset class has slipped, money still poured into US equity funds in the first two months of 2014.
Investors’ appetite for emerging market corporate bonds has been insatiable in recent years. But is it time to take a more restrained approach to the asset class before indigestion sets in? By Will Jackson
Jean-Francois Hautemulle, the new head of EMEA product strategy at JP Morgan AM discusses buying trends across Europe and specifically Italy, which has become his first focus. By Dylan Emery
Commodities have had a tough time in the past two years. However, in tandem with a recovery in other global markets, natural resources funds could be due a revival. By Esther Armstrong
