All Asia Pacific articles – Page 23
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Magnify Asia: Retail
We remain positive on retail in the developed Asia Pacific markets despite headwinds from structural changes in the sector driven by the growth of e-commerce and changing consumer shopping behaviour.
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Asset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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Global Real Estate Summary: Edition 2 2018
The global economic backdrop is supportive of real estate although growth has eased slightly. Central bank policy is diverging as the US leads the way with rate rises. Strong occupier and investor demand has fueled outperformance of industrial property and we expect this to continue into 2019. Some investors looking to alternatives and value-add to boost returns.
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The case for stand-alone investment in Indian equities
We believe investors should increasingly consider India as a separate equity allocation, rather than being part of a broader regional or emerging market allocation.
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The inflation pendulum
It’s not good to have too much or too little inflation, but trying to get a huge pendulum the size of the US economy to settle in the middle is very difficult.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy: May 2018
While in 2017 financial markets largely ignored geopolitical risks, as they were more inclined to read the Goldilocks narrative, this mood now appears to be changing.
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The ABCs of Asia Pacific real estate
In a recent meeting that I attended, a sophisticated investor lamented the fact that real estate has increasingly become commoditised and institutionalised as a financial product. In his view, the typical investor in recent times has begun to allow short-term financial dynamics to affect long-term investment decisions and outcomes, and that fundamentally alters the capacity to ride through cycles and generate favourable risk-adjusted returns.
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Global Economic Outlook: More of the same for 2018?
2017 was a surprisingly calm year for the global economy. Despite the economic and geopolitical concerns voiced at the beginning of the year, fears over Brexit, Chinese debt, rising populism across Europe and Trump’s legislative agenda had negligible effect on world growth.
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Sparkling performance boosts luxury goods
The past two years has seen a pick-up in luxury goods, as the global economy continues to expand.
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Going global with a consistent small cap strategy
‘Big is best’ is not an adage that we subscribe to with the Threadneedle Global Smaller Companies strategy: we concentrate on high-quality growing companies that we believe are undervalued by the market – and we do so on a global scale.
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Monthly FX Report
Keep up with what the market is saying and what’s happening in our marketplace.
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Replicating OTC FX Market Positions with CME FX Futures
Explore the advantages that CME FX futures offer traditional market practitioners in the OTC FX markets, and how CME FX futures can be used to replicate cost-efficient, manageable synthetic exposure to OTC FX spot, forwards, and swaps.
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The Greenwich Perspective: A Bright Future for FX Futures
Greenwich Associates recently published a paper assessing the value and viability of FX futures as a proxy to the OTC FX market.
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Managing currency risk in equity portfolios
This report shows how equity index futures provide a more flexible alternative than cash equity products for managing foreign exchange risks.
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Equity Index Futures vs. ETFs Total Cost Analysis Tool
This tool is designed to analyze the all-in costs of replicating the S&P 500 by trading equity index futures versus exchange-traded funds.
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The Big Picture: A Cost Comparison of Futures and ETFs
Analyse the potential cost advantages of E-mini S&P futures as they pertain to your specific investment scenarios.
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Will Geopolitics Fuel Global Volatility?
Economic trends clearly point toward higher inflation and interest rates ahead, which will likely make capital markets more volatile.
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Can Investors Make Money in a US–China Trade War?
President Trump’s plans for tariffs on about $60 billion of Chinese imports have rattled equity markets.
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Is a pivotal change in the Chinese economy hiding in plain site?
With China’s economy quietly entering a new era, there has arguably never been a more exciting time to be a stockpicker in Asia.
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Opportunity amidst converging returns and shrinking risk premia
In the early months of 2018, economic fundamentals are supportive of another solid year of real estate performance. But monetary conditions are tightening and our central preoccupation persists: how will this affect the risk premium for real estate?