Market Sentiment & Lateral Thoughts
ASSET managers around the world are hoping that their investment strategies will go some way to counter the combination of high inflation and an ongoing economic slowdown.
Institutional Investors expect one-third of their portfolios to be allocated to alternatives and … Read the rest
THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is nervous about a “bubble” in funds that specialise in environment social and governance (ESG) stocks and bonds.
It also warned that emerging market economies are vulnerable to bottleneck inflation and the slowdown in … Read the rest
THE European Union (EU) is determined to wrest control of euro, European securities and derivatives trade from London. Indeed the City, is already experiencing leakages.
EU Financial Services commissioner Mairead McGuinness has said that Brussels will not grant Britain’s financial … Read the rest
GLOBAL investors have swept risk fears aside and have piled into emerging market bonds.
Global rating agency Moody’s estimates that between 2010 and the first quarter of 2019, emerging market (EM) municipalities, other “sub-sovereigns”, corporations, financial institutions, infrastructure and project … Read the rest