Despite massive outflows from absolute return strategies in recent years, there will continue to be a market for such funds in the future, Aviva Investors’ Euan Munro tells Mark Latham.
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.
UK savers looked to diversify risk throughout March, with global equity and mixed asset funds benefitting in the first quarter of the year.
Financial advisers are split on UK equity prospects over the next twelve months, but believe risky assets are back in favour, according to research by Netherlands-based Aegon.
With China and the US close to a trade deal and Beijing stepping up policy stimulus, we expect the Chinese economy to be on a more stable footing later this year, says Wei Yao, Chief China Economist at Societe Generale.
Investor confidence has shown a mild improvement over the past month, driven by an increase in investor risk appetite in Asian markets.
The market environment since the financial crisis has been distorted, with ultra-loose monetary policy, low interest rates and periods of risk aversion aiding passive investing. Fiona Rintoul hears that this is about to change.
Peng Fei, chief investment officer at Wanwei Asset Management, tells Romil Patel about allocating capital across risk factors when asset performance is uncertain and unpredictable.
Two asset managers including Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) have teamed up to offer a European equity fund with risk controls for insurance firms.
Chief executive Laurent Denayer, whose regtech firm UME supplies the asset management industry with automated due diligence on fund distributors, talks to Bob Currie about mutualising information for collective advantage.
