All Equities articles – Page 85
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Are Global Investors Ready for China?
China onshore stocks and bonds account for around less than 2% of most foreign investors’ portfolios. But this will soon change.
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Global Investment Views: July 2018
Investors have experienced generally low returns so far this year, due to the clouds currently gathering on the horizon, and the approach to risk assets is being characterised by increased caution.
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Where is the value in value investing?
The past decade has been marked by several unique features that have turned the value style of investing on its head. We believe this abnormal trend is coming to an end.
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Emerging Markets Experience a Healthy Correction in May
We continue to have faith in emerging markets and believe they will continue to grow at a strong pace, fueled by robust trade and solid commodity prices. The rapid adaptation of information technology in emerging markets such as India and China have further propelled their strong growth. We continue to see improvement in the earnings power and cash flow of many EM companies.
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MSCI China A-share inclusion along the way of China’s transition to quality growth
In June 2017, MSCI announced the partial inclusion of China’s domestically traded, yuan-denominated stocks, or so-called A-shares to MSCI China, MSCI Emerging Markets, and MSCI All Country indices, which is to be implemented from June 2018.
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Volatility In The New World?
As talk of volatility returns to the market, investors need to make sure that they are truly diversified, says Ian Heslop, Head of Global Equities at Old Mutual Global Investors and Manager of the Old Mutual Arbea Fund.
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Equities poised for growth
The correction at the start of the year didn’t damage Asia Pacific ex Japan’s fundamental recovery, but volatility will rise, which will subsequently providing active managers like ourselves with a good environment to outperform the market.
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Time to catch rising Asian ESG tide
Asian governments now prioritise sustainable economic growth over ‘growth at any cost’, yet there remains a wide disparity in ESG standards in the region.
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Upgrading Vietnam
Investors are attracted to the country’s ‘mini-China’ story: that of a communist state embracing the private economy.
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A strong first year puts Shariah strategy on the front foot
Last month marked the first anniversary of a unique Columbia Threadneedle Investments strategy.
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Italy towards new elections
On May 27th, the designated Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave up his mandate to form a Government.
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Global Investment Views: June 2018
We have entered into a regime of diminished returns. Sensitivity to news flow is, and will continue to be, very high, as markets try to adjust to new financial and economic conditions.
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Should risk controlled equity be seen as a smart beta?
According to the Financial Times lexicon, “Smart beta strategies attempt to deliver a better risk and return trade off than traditional market cap weighted indices”.
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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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Italy on watch list
Political uncertainty in Italy remains high. The probability of a Government formed between the 5Star Movement (M5S) and the League (the most voted party in the centre right coalition) has increased in recent days, but the process of government formation is not straightforward.
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Facebook Scrutiny Raises Questions About Tech Giants
As Facebook’s market capitalization has tumbled by $60 billion over two days, investors have refocused on the gargantuan proportions of US mega-cap stocks.
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Debt, Tech and Trade Wars Cloud the Investment Horizon
Global equities posted their first quarterly decline in two years during a volatile first quarter.
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Climbing the wall of worry: why this is the most miserable bull market we’ve ever had
We are nine years into the equities bull market, in what has been a remarkable period for investors.
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Volatility Returns: Phase Transition in Equities
Volatility has returned to equities in a big way after a rather placid 2017.
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GICS Reclassification: Assessing the Impact on Emerging Market Investors
The recent announcement by MSCI and S&P of a review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) will lead to a significant reduction of the IT weighting in the index.