The slow Mifid II endeavour
After years of expectation, Mifid II has finally rolled out. So how has its first three months affected fund selectors?
Spain
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Fiscal policy concerns after Italy’s populist parties gain
The market reaction following the success of Italy’s populist parties at Sunday’s general election will depend on how diluted their stance will be going forward on fiscal easing and being anti-Europe, according to experts.
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Finns and Swedes’ small cap preference reaps rewards
European small cap growth funds have outperformed rival fund categories over the last three years, and Finnish and Swedish fund selectors have led the pack in cashing in.
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Fund selectors brush off Kid performance figures
Fund selectors will not look at Priips’ key information documents (Kid) as they prefer qualitative measures over quantitative data when making investment decisions.
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Why European investor performance trailed the US and Latam
The depreciation of the US dollar led to European investors lagging behind their US and Latin American counterparts in terms of performance in 2017 despite making the right call about being overweight European equities, according to Natixis Investment Managers. Click through the gallery to find out what asset allocation looked like for European, US, and…
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Swedish selectors close door on property investments
Swedish fund selectors are the most negative towards property investments across Europe with 50% of those surveyed during the last quarter expecting to sell property investments over the next 12 months, Expert Investor data shows.
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Who are the least and most prepared for a market correction?
With the global selloff shaking markets over the past week, Expert Investor data suggests that it was the Spanish and the Italians that might be the least prepared for a potential market correction, and the Danish could be the most ready.
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Iberian and Luxembourg selectors keen to buy rather than sell
Spanish, Portuguese, and Luxembourg fund selectors are looking to expand their holdings of a large range of assets over the next 12 months and only intend to sell a few, mostly in the fixed income sector, according to Expert Investor research.
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Spain
What do Spanish fund buyers think of all the major asset classes?
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European fund demand for equities expected to peak in 2018
European asset managers’ appetite for equities is at its highest since March 2015 with the majority of fund managers responding to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s latest fund manager survey reporting an overweight allocation despite seeing the asset class as expensive.
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Expert Investor Barcelona Photo Gallery
Here is a selection of photos taken at Expert Investor Spain, held in Barcelona on 26 October 2017.
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ANALYSIS: Should investors buy the Catalonia dip?
Dips to buy on have become ever scarcer in the QE-led era. Does the big performance gap between Spanish and other European equities, that has emerged thanks to the political turmoil in Catalonia, present investors with a great opportunity now?