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…
Some 57% of delegates at Expert Investor Bilbao last week said they will step up their allocation to convertibles, while none are planning to decrease it. This strong appetite for convertible bonds stands in sharp contrast with other fixed income. Some 56% of fund buyers in the Basque country plan to decrease their exposure to…
Belgian fund selectors have become more cautious in their outlook for most asset classes. Macroeconomic optimism is also clearly on the wane.
Investors in developed market sovereign bonds have had a very disconcerting year. But, just how different will 2015 be?
Hedge fund managers have difficult times behind them because of QE-distortion. And things are not looking to get better soon.
Investors are desperately looking for alternatives to traditional fixed income, but why not resort to dividend-stocks as an alternative to bonds?
Schroders’ Steve Cordell warns equity investors: while European small caps remain popular among investors, it is hard to find value there.
Fund manager Schroders is urging investors to prepare for the end of the 30-year bond bull market, by re-focusing their beta exposure and making greater use of unconstrained active strategies
BlackRock, JP Morgan, Franklin Templeton and Pimco topped the European fund sales table in the first half of 2013, with combined net inflows of 50bn
BlackRock is the most popular fund group among European multi-managers, according to an extensive analysis of the FoF market by Lipper.
The European panel discussion was heated, with both sides expressing strong views on the fate of the eurozone
The UK, France and Spain are the only markets in which the top three fund groups by size account for less than 50% of total fund assets, according to a study conducted by The Platforum and supported by Schroders.
