Global
Romain Boscher, global head of Equities at Amundi Asset Management, says the impact of QE is evident in the amount of fear and liquidity driving markets.
20 Jun 2013One of the primary causes of higher levels of volatility and increased selling is the fact that investors are attempting to position their portfolios for a coming shift in US monetary policy, says Russ Koesterich, BlackRock’s chief investment strategist
19 Jun 2013Japan’s stimulus package could lift the country out of its 20-plus-year economic slump, according to John-Paul Temperley, investment director, Japan, at Martin Currie Investment Management
19 Jun 2013Jesper Madsen, portfolio manager at Matthews Asia, says that there are still many questions facing investors in Japan amid the country's attempts to inject more growth and dynamism into the economy.
19 Jun 2013Swedish manager Tundra Fonder has launched a quants based Asia ex-Japan fund to take advantage of the growing quality of information coming out of the region.
18 Jun 2013Didier Rabattu, head of Global Equities at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, and manager of LOIM's Emerging Consumer fund, sees promise in Chinese beer consumption.
18 Jun 2013The BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for June highlights a big drop in sentiment towards emerging markets and Japan among investors, who are returning to Europe.
18 Jun 2013Emerging markets are clearly still attractive for long-term investors, however growth and equity market returns can vary hugely amongst developing countries, with little consistency year to year, creating challenges for investors and their advisers, L&G Investments says.
18 Jun 2013F&C Global Smaller Companies, a listed fund, has announced its full year results for the period to 30 April 2013, showing that NAV total returns beat the benchmark for the fourth year in the last five.
17 Jun 2013Russell Investments' chief investment strategist Erik Ristuben has discussed clarity around expectations of quantitative easing tapering, and the question of its timing.
17 Jun 2013S&P Capital IQ has launched Portfolio Risk, a solution for multi-asset class portfolios including risk and scenario analytics with market data and fundamentals.
17 Jun 2013Sara Yates, vice president - global FX strategist at JP Morgan Private Bank, comments on the effects of Turkish political turmoil on global markets.
14 Jun 2013Emerging markets still offer good opportunities for investors and are not in recession, according to executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group Mark Mobius.
13 Jun 2013Stephanie Gabrielsson, CIO and portfolio manager at Skandia Fonder, explains her selection role for internally managed funds at the company
12 Jun 2013F&C head of emerging market equities considers that investing in high quality companies in emerging markets gives investors the best opportunity to generate superior investment returns.
12 Jun 2013Regions
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Strong demand for emerging market debt and equity assets should remain, according to experts in the field.
Events
Emerging markets, European and US equities and market volatility were all discussed at InvestmentEurope’s latest Fund Selector forum in Milan.
Jupiter Fund Management's CEO Edward Bonham Carter is among the speakers lined up for the Fund Management Summit, co-hosted by InvestmentEurope, which takes place in London 15-16 October.