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Funds management

While global markets fell after Iran retaliated against the US, investors are urged to remain cautious as the situation escalates....

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Funds management

Chinese and US tech firms are still a necessary part of the best performing global equity funds, although one fund sold off their Alphabet stock....

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Funds management

Global fund managers are becoming more defensive in their asset allocation, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as they adjust to the geopolitical environment. ...

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Features

As central banks worldwide fight with low or even negative rates, advisers should look towards higher-quality investment grade bonds and emerging market debt to seek out ...

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Funds management

Nearly half of investors do not expect the US/China trade war to be resolved, according to a global fund manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch....

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Expert Analysis

Lazard’s Ron Temple explores the various potential US/China trade war scenarios and what they would mean for investment outcomes. ...

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Funds management

Global markets are entering a ‘late cycle’ phase, as demonstrated by interest rate cuts, according to RARE Infrastructure....

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Financial planning

The Australian stock market fell by more than 3.5% last week over fears of escalations in the US/China trade war. ...

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Financial planning

Insight, part of BNY Mellon, believes there is only a ‘low probability’ of the US/China trade war being resolved soon as it identifies six areas which could be drawn into...

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Expert Analysis

With President Trump threatened with impeachment and Boris Johnson handling Brexit in the UK, AMP Capital’s Diana Mousina examines how these political developments impact...

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Features

The US/China trade war may be dragging on, writes Laura Dew, but are we really facing the threat of a global currency war and will either side be a winner at the end?...

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Funds management

The US has few options available to it if it tries to get into a currency war with China, according to analysis from State Street Global Advisers....

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Funds management

The trade tensions between the US and China are expected to continue to shake up markets, according to RARE Infrastructure....

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Features

Laura Dew writes that the Global sector offers investors exposure to a wide-ranging set of worldwide themes that would be ‘impossible’ for them to access otherwise....

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Funds management

Hexavest is standing by its conviction of being underweight US technology stocks, in the belief the companies are failing to live up to expectations....

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