10/25/2012
Regardless of the well- publicised challenges facing the Eurozone and the negative impact on perceived risk assets, the MSCI EM Emerging Europe 10/40 Net (TR) index has increased in value by 11.4 per cent per annum over the last three years.
10/25/2012
With policy makers and central banks striving to ease the pain for troubled eurozone economies, European fund investors may be shrugging off the risk of Euro implosion, according to Morningstar’s latest European fund flows data.
10/25/2012
Private equity firms and investment firms are expected to be the main buyers of loan books
10/25/2012
This is important for investors as the global economy painfully adjusts to new realities and follows a rocky path to normalisation.
10/25/2012
“The 99% blame the 1%, the 1% blame the 47%, the private sector blames the public sector, the public sector returns the sentiment.. the young blame the old, everyone blames the rich.. yet few question the ideas behind government or central banks.&rd
10/23/2012
With our debt soaring, our population aging and our infrastructure crumbling, we stand at a troubling crossroads. And yet politicians sell us low-tax, no-pain fantasies.
10/22/2012
Bruno Jacquier comments on the announcements of new quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank and their impact on exchange rates.
10/21/2012
If you want to spot an encouraging sign in the US economy, then it's probably worth looking at its most decimated sector for the past few years - property.
10/21/2012
So there is a magic wand after all. A revolutionary paper by the International Monetary Fund claims that one could eliminate the net public debt of the US at a stroke, and by implication do the same for Britain, Germany, Italy, or Japan.
10/21/2012
Hedge fund maestro Greg Coffey is retiring at 41 after a glittering career. And, after a distinctly lacklustre performance recently, many of his contemporaries are following suit
10/18/2012
Threadneedle’s quarterly Economic Background meeting in September reaffirmed our cautious outlook for global economic growth.
10/17/2012
Following HMRC’s surprising consultation on reforming the current regime for withholding tax on interest payments earlier in the year, it appears they may now be considering going to the other extreme.
10/16/2012
Threadneedle’s quarterly Economic Review meeting in September reaffirmed our cautious outlook for global economic growth.
10/16/2012
The flow of macro-economic data is moving increasingly in favour of equities and against investment grade bonds.
10/15/2012
Personnel levels are stabilizing as analysts predict financial results will improve for the six largest U.S. lenders.
10/15/2012
Conservative portfolios have traditionally relied on bonds to diversify away portfolio risk.
10/15/2012
We need strong regulatory action to promote competition
10/15/2012
Paul Feeney, chief executive of Old Mutual Wealth Management, said the firm is aiming to become the number one wealth manager in the UK, following its merger with Skandia.
10/14/2012
Becoming an ethical investor is not straight forward
10/14/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the October IMF forecasts, especially with reference to the UK, and the latest developments in the Eurozone.