March 2020

Editorial: Not human error

Nick Fitzpatrick -

How stock markets rallied to a record high – initially, that is – after coronavirus became global news could be due to the influence...

Opinion: Message in a virus

Fiona Rintoul -

Stock market tumbles. An emergency 0.5% interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve. The coronavirus pandemic has finally taken its toll on financial...

Coronavirus: Did AI miss the coronavirus effect?

kevin -

The impact of coronavirus was eventually priced in. Perhaps the reason it took so long was because computer-led strategies were distorting prices. Alex Rolandi...

Thematic ETFs: Gimmick or growth opportunity?

kevin -

As the thematic exchange-traded fund sector continues to expand, Alex Rolandi asks whether they are simply gimmicks, or robust enough to provide long-term growth. Over...

Executive interview: When two became one

kevin -

Eric Adler, chief executive of the second-largest global real estate asset manager, PGIM Real Estate, tells Mark Latham about an operational merger of its debt...

Japanese roundtable: New opportunities in an ageing economy

Funds Europe -

Inside view: Unreadable: that’s what you are

Funds Europe -

From the information available to them, fund managers could publish intellectual and emotional gold dust. But what they upload is “electronic disappointment”, says David...

Spain: Spain’s young people are prepared to take risks

kevin -

A slow structural transformation is occurring in the Spanish funds industry. Alex Rolandi finds younger people, perhaps tired of low rates, are raising the...

Inside view: False narratives about emerging market equities

Funds Europe -

Investors worry that emerging market returns have become too correlated to developed market equities. It’s one of two myths that Jennifer Sireklove of Parametric...

Legal Ease: The Cayman/Lux parallel

Funds Europe -

For some time now it’s been common to see Cayman and Luxembourg teams regularly working alongside each other on fund deals, but there’s no...

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