Our panel discusses Chinese investment in Africa, financial institutions’ contribution to economic sustainability and regulatory concerns. Chaired by Romil Patel in Cape Town.
Our panel discusses Chinese investment in Africa, financial institutions’ contribution to economic sustainability and regulatory concerns. Chaired by Romil Patel in Cape Town.
As risk averse investors turned their backs on equities in April, bond funds have become the main beneficiaries of this atmosphere of caution, according to research from London-based fintech Calastone.
More investment professionals see emerging market equities as fairly valued, research has found.
Jupiter Fund Management saw its assets under management rise to £44.1 billion (€51.3 billion) during the first quarter of the year, despite a continuation of outflows.
Outflows from UK open-ended funds continued in March, with investors pulling out £5 billion (€5.8 billion) continuing the negative trend seen over the last 12 months.
With Uber set to go public on the New York Stock Exchange on May 9, and other high-profile tech companies touted to do so later this year, speculation remains about the promise of equities in the peer-to-peer economy, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) Framlington Equities.
Insurers will continue to commit capital to less liquid investments despite concerns about a global economic slowdown, research has found.
London-based RWC Partners has launched an emerging markets fund aimed at tapping into opportunities that the asset class offered in the years before emerging markets became a popular theme.
Investor confidence has nudged upwards with the State Street Global Investor Confidence Index increasing to 72.9 points, up 1.7 points from March’s revised reading of 71.2.
Promoters of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Europe saw net inflows of €5.2 billion throughout March, while assets under management (AuM) in the European ETF sector increased by €17.9 billion to a total of €625.2 billion.
