May 2016
Opinion Who’s to blame for volatility?
Who’s to blame for the volatility seen in 2016? The temptation is to look for scapegoats, or blame it on structural problems, but is this correct? Multiple factors blamed for market swings seen in first four months, Volatility scapegoats include central banks and risk trading (...)
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May 2016
Opinion Global markets are being troubled by a range of issues
Global markets are being troubled by a range of issues: some old, some new. According to Mark Burgess, CIO EMOA and Head of Equity Investments at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, three issues are worth paying close attention to: Global growth, Ongoing macroeconomic (...)
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May 2016
Opinion Asia’s new middle class gets mobile
“China’s huge, new and affluent middle class have broadened their horizons. Getting access to the best healthcare, education and tourist destinations is at the top of their priority list and they are keener than ever to travel overseas to find them.” Jason Pidcock, manager of (...)
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May 2016
Opinion ECB escalates war on cash with death of €500 Note
The impending death of the €500 note has huge implications on the conduct and shape of future monetary policy. We believe the upcoming decision to stop printing the bill goes beyond anti-money laundering, which is commonly cited as the (...)
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May 2016
Opinion Jobs growth eases and wages pick up
According to Keith Wade, Economist at Schroders, at first glance this would seem to be a soft report; however, other elements were more robust. For example, average hourly earnings growth ticked up to 2.5% year-on-year and the average work week increased by 0.4% (...)
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May 2016
Opinion Saudi Arabia heading towards a post-oil era…
It has taken a long time to Saudi Arabia to embark on a reform wave, but it seems that after eight decades of oil dependency, and under the current context of sustained low crude oil prices that pushed Saudi Arabia into a budget deficit of nearly $100bn last year (15% of (...)
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April 2016
Opinion Bank of Japan surprises markets with inaction
According to Nathan Gibbs, Japanese Equities portfolio manager at Schroders, regardless of the actual level of interest rates or details of policy, the main issue around today’s Bank of Japan decision is one of (...)
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April 2016
Opinion On the uncertain future for money market funds
In the face of the low money market interest rates, returns offered by investments in money markets products have been declining steadily. While money market fund managers managed to turn in slightly positive performances in 2015, this could prove more daunting in (...)
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April 2016
Opinion Oil : turning point is at hand
Roberto Cominotto, Investment Director for energy equities at GAM, is convinced that a sustainable turning point in the oil market is within reach, thanks to the decline in US production.
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April 2016
Opinion Bank of Japan: the impossible task
The governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), Haruhiko Kuroda, was given a clear mandate by the Prime Minister in 2013, to end the deflationary pressure which had been weighing on the country since 1998. In order to do so, the governor implemented an ultra-aggressive monetary (...)
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April 2016
Opinion EM equities: positioning and opportunities
?Glen Finegan, Head of Emerging Market Equities, provides a detailed update on the Henderson Emerging Markets Strategy, covering recent market drivers, performance and activity, and his outlook for the asset class.
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April 2016
Opinion Solid rebound potential for Small caps
With the market already down more than 20% (the Russell 2000 lost -25.7% from its high on June 23 2015 to February 11 2016), research by Royce reveals that in eight of the nine previous bear markets within the Russell 2000, the market was up on average 17.3% over the (...)
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April 2016
Opinion Inflation in developed economies is on the rise
Inflation in developed economies is on the rise. Central banks and markets are currently relaxed about the upswing but this will change if economic growth revives from its recent mediocre pace.
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April 2016
Opinion Indian economics: on the right track
According to Avinash Vazirani, indian stocks have been a bright spot within emerging – and developed – markets in recent months...
Avinash Vazirani
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April 2016
Opinion Brexit: the European equities view
Three of Henderson’s European equities fund managers give their views on the implications of the UK potentially leaving the European Union. The Henderson European equities team share resource and ideas but are free to implement their views within their individual portfolios (...)
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