July 2013
Opinion More upside in 2013 for hedge funds, says Lyxor research
The remainder of 2013 is setting up for further gains and hedge funds are positioned to take advantage of the opportunities. The US economy is expanding steadily and growth will likely accelerate in the 2nd half of the year as fiscal restraint wears (...)
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July 2013
Opinion Maarten-Jan Bakkum’s take on Egypt
By ousting President Morsi the Egyptian army prevented a violent climax in the battle between opponents and supporters of the president. In the past year, the Morsi administration has not been able to make any progress in solving the huge economic and social problems in the (...)
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April 2013
Opinion Smart Betas offer a new approach to bridge market bias
When Alan Greenspan spoke of "market exuberance" (i.e. the lightning-fast mood swings from optimism to an investment bubble popping) wasn’t he referring to what we could call a "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" syndrome?
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April 2013
Opinion Jean-Claude Guimiot : « There is no ’Smart Beta’ strategy within our asset allocation program »
According to Jean-Claude Guimiot, CEO of AGRICA EPARGNE (asset management company of the Group AGRICA), invest in "Smart Beta" index is not on the agenda ...
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March 2013
Opinion Three reasons why the 21st century will be American
“Which country will be the new China? Which country is ready to dominate the world economy? Not India, not Brazil, nor any other rapidly expanding emerging country, says Henk Grootveld. No, it is…the US.”
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February 2013
Opinion A short lesson in exchange rate determination
François Hollande, the French President, recently called for action against the strong euro, stating that the economy could end up with an exchange rate “out of line with the fundamentals”. Although plausible, exchange rates are probably “out of line with the fundamentals” most (...)
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February 2013
Opinion East Asian Onshore Markets To See Most AUM Growth
Fitch Ratings expects growth in asset under management (AUM) to be higher in the years to come in emerging Asia (China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) than in mature markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and (...)
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January 2013
Opinion Credible Debt Stabilisation Strategy Still Key for Japan
The central issue for Japan’s sovereign credit rating remains the developing and implementing of a credible fiscal strategy to stabilise government debt over the medium term, Fitch Ratings says.
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January 2013
Opinion Equities in 2013: boring would be best
Past results do not guarantee future performance. However, they certainly set the tone for predictions of it. A year ago, the outlook statements for this year’s equity performance were rather cautious, with forecasters extrapolating the poor trend of 2011. However, 2012 (...)
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January 2013
Opinion New Egypt FX Regime Positive Step in Tough Circumstances
Egypt’s new exchange rate regime has brought greater transparency and a depreciation of the pound but also highlights a serious shortage of foreign exchange, Fitch Ratings says. For the system to work, confidence needs to be restored quickly, starting with agreement on an IMF (...)
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January 2013
Opinion Fitch: Eurozone Overshadows 2013 Emerging Europe Growth Outlook
In its newly-published Emerging Europe (EE) 2013 Outlook and Sovereign Review, Fitch Ratings says that positive rating actions in Emerging Europe sovereigns outweighed negative actions in 2012.
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December 2012
Opinion Quantitative Management: French Managers make resistance
Despite respectable performances, French quantitative managers are struggling to significantly increase their assets. Is it the fault of too cold local institutional?
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December 2012
Opinion The CDM: let’s not discard a tool that raised over US$200 billion
Everyone wonders which miraculous instrument will enable the Green Climate Fund to mobilize the pledged US$100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020. Developing countries are now asking for interim targets to quench their mounting skepticism that this level of (...)
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November 2012
Opinion Benchmarking: The Multi-Asset Class Exception
Ask any active fund manager about his benchmark, and he will have a ready-made answer. Even fixed-income managers have plenty of indices to choose from. The call is trickier for diversified fund managers...
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November 2012
Opinion GMI Ratings Governance Update | Moody’s Corp.
Moody’s Corp. (MCO) could better safeguard itself from the business conduct failures that the Securities and Exchange Commission discovered in its second annual review of nine ratings agencies.
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