All Dynamic/Global/Tactical Asset Allocation articles – Page 4
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White papersThe long unwinding road of quantitative easing
The reasons for using QE and its effectiveness have been argued at length and this article aims not to discuss whether or not QE has worked, but to look at the likely next steps of central banks and how these could impact markets.
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White papersGo for consistency of returns, not spectacular returns
Colin Moore (Global Chief Investment Officer) discusses where he sees investment opportunities and risks in today’s markets, and why he thinks investors value a consistent approach to investing now more than ever.
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White papersAsset Allocation Update: UK earnings forecasts unchanged despite headwinds
Developments in the UK have led us to renew our focus on the region in recent weeks, amidst the start of Brexit negotiations and the general election.
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White papersMarkets look to a potential softer Brexit but volatility on the rise
Clearly, following the result of the UK general election, the political way forward is difficult.
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White papersAsset Allocation Monthly: May 2017
We have recently increased our equity rating to favour from neutral on the back of lower political risk and positive earnings developments.
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White papersThe emerging markets cloud receding
As US rhetoric on trade protectionism softens, investors are focusing on emerging markets’ fundamental attractions once more as productivity improvements and fast-growing young populations are driving superior economic growth.
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White papersHow should investors approach US infrastructure?
Improving and expanding US infrastructure involves more than building roads and bridges.
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White papersTrumponomics: What could go right?
When it comes to policy, there are things that can go right and things that can go wrong – particularly so with Trumponomics.
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White papersConversations with Investment Managers - Futures versus ETFs
Aite, an independent research firm, put together an in-depth report on whether to trade futures or ETFs to replicate S&P 500 returns and other U.S. stock market performance.
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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 and retirement: Shifting opportunities
Technology has made it possible for us to live better, longer, more meaningful lives. And that’s cause for great optimism and positivity.
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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 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 papersFrench elections: what to expect should Le Pen prevail
Mark Burgess looks at what a Le Pen presidency could mean for France, Europe and the broader global landscape and argues that the immediate reaction of markets is likely to be a spike in volatility for French assets due to the uncertainty of what is to come.
