Russia begins to embrace global ESG trend
Oil and gas companies dominate the Russian economy, but investor efforts to encourage better corporate governance are beginning to yield results.
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Five ‘unloved’ investments worth a fresh look
Long term investors should seek out some often overlooked sectors to boost portfolio diversification, according to Morningstar Investment Management. Click through the slides below to find out which five areas it has identified as hidden investment opportunities.
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Barings sees EM financials blossoming
Banks and insurance companies are best positioned to benefit from the growth of emerging market economies and demographic changes, argues William Palmer, co-head of emerging and frontier market equities team at Barings.
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Generic is the trend for EM equity funds
Emerging market equities have seen strong outflows over the past three and five year-periods. But all of these redemptions can be attributed to regional EM funds.
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Which asset classes performed best in 2016?
2016 has been a remarkable year. The two best performing large equity markets this year are countries that have been mired in recession for years. At the same time, the stock market of the world’s fastest growing large economy has been delivering some of the lowest returns.
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Russian stocks rally as Trump policy priorities take shape
The Russian equity market has bounced back remarkably in recent months. Is this just another symptom of the ‘Trump rally’, or are there other, more structural reasons for this revival?
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Russia’s isolation also brings opportunities
Russia is going through a period of structural change, providing opportunities for investors in non-energy related sectors. However, some of these opportunities seem so obvious they are chased by everyone.
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Inflation-linked bond flows: up and down with the oil price
As the eurozone has been flirting with deflation this year, appetite for inflation-linked bonds has been understandably lacklustre. However, as the oil price started a surprise ascent in April, interest in the asset class rose accordingly. With the oil price now below $50 again, investors are once again abandoning the asset class.
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Significant disconnect between investor risk and return expectations – Schroders
According to the firm’s Global Investment Trends survey which polled 20,706 retail investors across 28 countries in March, the average expected rate of return expected over the next 12 months is 12%. However, they believe to achieve these returns by investing almost half of their new investments in low-risk assets. European investors expect a slightly lower…
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Half of Swedish fund selectors see Greece
Macro issues took centre-stage at Expert Investor Sweden in Stockholm last Thursday. On the day the Swedish Riksbanken decided to imitate the ECB and launch its own QE, a surprisingly high share of delegates deemed it likely that Greece will leave the Eurozone.