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Equities yes but Europe no, suggests Fidelity multi-asset research

Trevor Greetham, asset allocation director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, suggest in new research based on an 'Investment Clock' model that equities remain a good way to tap into global growth, but that investors should avoid Europe currently.

17 May 2012
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Advent Software publishes guide to euro exit strategies

Asset management software company Advent Software has produced a research note discussing the various exit strategies its clients may have to consider should Greece or other countries cease to use the euro.

16 May 2012
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European investors divided over prospects for global markets

Sentiment amongst European investors is divided between those in Germany and the UK who are expressing more confidence, and those in France, Italy and Belgium who have less, according to a global poll of more than 20,000 individuals in 19 countries conducted earlier this year by Franklin Templeton.

15 May 2012
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Luxembourg has 28% responsible investing fund share

The European Responsible Investing Fund Survey published by ALFI, the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, suggests that close to a third, 28%, of the 1,236 products identified are domiciled in the country.

11 May 2012
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Geopolitical factors to shape markets in 2012 - EIU research

BNY Mellon sponsored research by the Economist Intelligence Unit suggests that factors such as Greece exiting the euro or an oil price spike linked to Iran are seen as the key risks to investment in 2012 among the 800 institutional and corporate investors surveyed.

11 May 2012
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Standard Life Investments awards Corporate Governance prize in Stockholm

Standard Life Investments has awarded its annual Finance Prize to an academic paper which investigates the links between employment and private equity acquisitions.

02 May 2012
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Risk tolerance stable through all market conditions

Investors' perception of risk, rather than risk tolerance itself is what is affected by volatile market conditions, according to research published by FinaMetrica.

01 May 2012
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Currency momentum strategies yield 'striking' results

Research published by Cass Business School in London suggests that investing in momentum trading strategies for currency can yield 10% annually.

30 Apr 2012
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Investment in the Arctic could reach $100bn in the next decade

Investment in the Arctic "High North" could reach $100bn within ten years, according to a report released by specialist insurer Lloyd's in conjunction with UK think-tank Chatham House.

27 Apr 2012
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Swedish insurance barometer shows narrowing of solvency margins

Swedish regulator Finansinspektionen's latest report into solvency margins of insurers suggests a deterioration occurred during the second half of 2011.

26 Apr 2012
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Transparency, information and governance top Europe's fund manager concerns, Edhec survey finds.

The European fund industry's biggest concerns are transparency, information and governance, according to the latest survey from the French EDHEC-Risk institute.

19 Apr 2012
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OP-Pohjola Group Research Foundation's first merit award to Professor Bengt Holmström

Finland's OP-Pohjola Group Research Foundation has granted its first €40,000 merit award to Bengt Holmström, professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

18 Apr 2012
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Slow US growth and Fed 'on hold' to impact bond market - S&P Capital IQ

A slow return to growth and a Federal Reserve unwilling to apply higher interest rates anytime soon are among the key factors affecting US fixed income managers, according to a quarterly report by S&P Capital IQ.

17 Apr 2012

Managing sovereign credit risk in bond portfolios

A research paper from three Lxyor Asset Management researchers looks at how managing sovereign credit risk in bond portfolios has changed since the financial crisis

12 Apr 2012
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Iceland recovery continues, Status Report says

Iceland's recovery continues with GDP growth of 3.1% in 2011, according to the 15th Status Report published by the Iceland Chamber of Commerce.

04 Apr 2012

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