Note BofA Merrill Lynch June Fund Manager Survey finds record number of investors consider equities overvalued
According to BofA Merrill Lynch June Fund Manager Survey, net 84% of respondents indicate the US is the most overvalued region for equities, a new all-time high; investors find European equities (net 18%) and EM equities (net 48%) to be (...)
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Note The impact of commodity prices on Emerging Markets
In the report, Nomura’s researchers highlight five channels through which emerging market economies are affected by lower commodity prices: Merchandise trade, CPI inflation, profit margins, fiscal positions, and GDP growth to assess the winners and losers in the Emerging (...)
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Note BofA Merrill Lynch March Fund Manager Survey finds investors in a bullish holding pattern
A record number of investors (net 34%) find equities to be overvalued, the most in 17 years; the US is identified as the most overvalued region (net 81%), while EM equities (net 44%) and Eurozone equities (net 23%) are seen as (...)
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Note Financial markets and self-fulfilling prophecies
This phenomenon is equivalent to the change from a brutal economic and financial equilibrium to another, not because the fundamentals of the macroeconomic environment would justify it, but because there was a change for good or bad reasons of market (...)
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Note On the impact of Brexit on sterling
As yet, sterling appears not to have reacted to the looming referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. Over the short to medium term, however, the currency should end up reacting negatively, so great is the fallout for the British economy. In (...)
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Note What is Structured Finance ?
If the current crisis (labelled as the subprime crisis) has highlighted the complexity of structured finance along with the necessity of developing more sophisticated risk management tools, it appears that a great deal of misunderstanding still prevails among economic and (...)
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Note German Wealth Managers Will Lose Market Share to Robo-Advisors over Next Two Years, says Verdict Financial
Over 86% of German wealth managers working with high net worth (HNW) individuals believe that they will lose market share to automated investment services over the next two years, according to financial services research and insight firm Verdict (...)
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Note ESG may entice investors to save more – Natixis Global Asset Management
The rising importance placed on environmental, social and governance investing may be the key driver in getting more individual investors, across generations, to invest more or even start planning for retirement, suggests new findings from Natixis Global Asset Management’s (...)
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Note BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Fretting Over Monetary Policy as End of U.S. QE Looms
Concerns over the imminent end of quantitative easing in the U.S. have left investors much less confident in the outlook for the global economy and corporate profitability, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for (...)
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Note Insurance companies grapple with new regulatory constraints, capital rules and increased risks
Two-thirds (67%) of U.S. and European insurance executives say their business is not well prepared for the industry’s changing regulatory requirements, according to a study published today by Natixis Global Asset (...)
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Note Fitch: EU Asset Managers to Rationalise but M&A Spree Unlikely
European asset managers are set to rationalise further, but a widespread M&A spree is unlikely, Fitch Ratings says. Most managers may opt for less intrusive strategies, such as a reduction in the number of funds and cost-cutting, to tackle margin pressure in a fragmented (...)
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Note Smart Beta 2.0 – Taking the risks of new equity benchmarks into account
In research published two weeks ago entitled, “Smart Beta 2.0,” EDHEC-Risk Institute is seeking to draw the attention of investors to the risks of traditional smart beta equity indices and propose a new approach to smart beta investing to take account of these (...)
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Note Reinvention in the Hedge Fund Industry
State Street Corporation released a new Vision Report today, entitled “Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation.” The report examines the re-emergence of the hedge fund industry and the new dynamic between investors, hedge funds, and hedge fund (...)
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Note Hedge fund capital inflows steady as volatility increases
Total hedge fund capital increased to a record level in the third quarter as financial market volatility increased into quarter-end, with inflows concentrated in Event Driven and Fixed Income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge (...)
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Note State Street’s GX Private Equity Index Drops in Q3 for the First Time in Three Years, Marking End to Unprecedented Streak of Quarterly Gains
Despite Dip, New Research Verifies Asset Owners’ Continued Interest in Private Equity Investments
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