All Commentary articles – Page 166
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White papersOur Convictions: May 2017
We have repeatedly mentioned how financial markets have tended to overestimate the risks of European elections, underestimate the fears of the Brexit and overestimate hopes on Trump’s economic policy.
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White papersFrench Presidential Elections: Macron president - risks disappear...Back to fundamentals
The second round of the presidential election provided the name of the winner: E. Macron is the next president of the French Republic (66% of the votes).
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: May 2017
The purpose of this article is to present the state of affairs on the polls, the priorities of the French and to recall the program of the two candidates as well as the major issues: to obtain a parliamentary majority for E. Macron, to obtain a parliamentary majority and to clarify her position on Europe for Marine Le Pen.
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White papersEconomic Insights: April 2017
The free trade negotiations of the late 1980s and 90s that lowered world trade barriers plus the opening up of countries of the former Soviet Union in 1989 led to a massive, positive, global labor supply shock.
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White papersTechnology, emerging markets, and the path to financial security
Just like the developed world, emerging markets populations are aging and looking for a secure retirement.
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White papersPractical applications of Smart Beta
How Amundi Smart Beta solutions can meet concrete investors’ needs
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White papersUsing factor investing to navigate choppy, low-return markets
Describing factors and how to implement them in portfolio construction
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White papersPositioning Value in Portfolio Construction
Value investing is well used by investors, and has been the subject of extensive academic research. Yet recent years have shown that value factor has not behaved as expected.
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White papersTrump unnerves Asia
The new US administration’s trade and foreign policy threatens to unsettle relations with Asia-Pacific nations. It is commonplace to say that the election of President Donald Trump has created uncertainty and nervousness among both US’s allies and its rivals.
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White papersSoutheast Asia’s credit stability
Credit rating agencies are optimistic that Southeast Asian countries will weather the fallout from developments in other regions. Southeast Asia appears vulnerable to several forces it can do little to control.
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White papersShenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect opens for traffic
Offering a bridge for international investors accessing China’s ‘new economy’, policymakers are confident in Stock Connect’s future. China’s recent policy initiatives to attract international investors to its equities markets have struggled.
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White papersIndonesia’s reforms gather momentum
Jokowi’s administration is making progress and pleasing investors in a region troubled by political controversies. Expectations were high when Joko Widodo won Indonesia’s presidential election in 2014.
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White papersHow China rules the waves
FT investigation: Beijing has spent billions expanding its ports network to secure sea lanes and establish itself as a maritime power. Pakistan’s Arabian Sea port of Gwadar is perched on the world’s energy jugular. Sea lanes nearby carry most of China’s oil imports; any disruption could choke the world’s second-largest economy.
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White papersAsian fund passports’ slow progress
While passports are likely to accelerate growth in the local fund industry, national interests are hindering their development.
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White papersAlternative Risk Premia: what do we know?
In a challenging low yield environment, rethinking traditional asset allocation strategies is a common challenge for investors and asset owners in order to diversify their portfolio and capture new sources of returns.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: April 2017
The Trump effect, the Brexit effect, and the impact of European elections… What if everyone – or nearly – were wrong?
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White papersAre Europe’s dog days over?
Boasting a broadly improving macroeconomic environment, the prospects for Europe are on the turn. What’s more, the investment case for the region is too good to ignore, explains Ian Ormiston, manager of the Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund.
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White papersAsset Allocation Monthly: March 2017
Global equity markets are near all-time highs, bond markets are relatively calm, and currency volatility is reasonably low.
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White papersOur Convictions: March 2017
No major changes on the macroeconomic front last month, but, rather, a confirmation of trends that we had already factored into our asset allocation.
