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Italian budget proposal under scrutiny
The key points of the budget law. The Italian Government negatively surprised the markets by announcing a substantially increased budget deficit target for 2019-2021 to 2.4% in a move that could undermine the potential to reduce the Italian debt burden (130% of GDP) in the coming years.
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Global Investment Views: October 2018
The hot summer in emerging markets has been a key investor theme in the third quarter of this year. While the ongoing US/China trade tensions continue to weigh on investor sentiment, the sequence of country-specific stories (Turkey, Argentina and South Africa) contributed to the almost indiscriminate repricing of EM assets, starting with plummeting EM currencies.
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Robust asset allocation for robo-advisors
In the last few years, the financial advisory industry has been impacted by the emergence of digitalization and roboadvisors. This phenomenon affects major financial services, including wealth management, employee savings plans, asset managers, private banks, pension funds, banking services, etc.
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How much further can global growth fly?
A number of market headwinds, including trade tensions, rising interest rates and a general fear the long-running US economic expansion may be facing fatigue have cast a shadow over the markets in the first half of the year.
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Emerging Markets: Finding Opportunities in Volatility
Macroeconomic factors—including mounting global trade tensions, a stronger US dollar and rising interest rates—have been primary contributors to market volatility this year.
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Is the Cycle Shifting? Fixed Income Quarterly
Many investors fear the economy may shift into recession, as all good things must come to an end. We don’t share their near-term pessimism.
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New Wave Innovation Spurring Biotech Rejuvenation
Akin to science fiction narratives, a patient’s own immune cells could now be clinically harvested and sent to laboratories to be genetically engineered to recognise specific antigens, before they are enlarged and infused back into the body as highly effective cancer-killing agents.
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European Equity: Combining value and quality in this new market phase
We believe we have entered a mature stage of the financial cycle amid central bank monetary policy normalisation (more advanced in the US) and decelerating economic growth globally. Protectionist dynamics are also features of this phase of the cycle, while the US fiscal expansion and a capex revival are all forces working to extend it.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy: September 2018
Italian budget discussions are going to intensify as the 27th of September approaches, date of publication of the document outlining the new budget law and when there should be more clarity on the key economic projections and deficit targets.
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Can CME Bitcoin Futures Be Used Effectively by Crypto-Fund Managers?
See how investors can use CME Bitcoin futures to establish benchmark equity index exposure and develop alpha-generating strategies.
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Cash Equitization
Cash in a portfolio creates a drag on investment returns, especially over the long term. Learn how CME Equity Index futures can be used to “equitize” cash in an institutional portfolio and bring it back to fully invested.
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The Next Recession: Three Critical Warning Signs
Is the U.S. heading toward a recession? We examine three critical warning signs and conclude that the next downturn could be different from the 2008 crisis.
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Fed’s Fork in the Road: Even Higher Rates or Pause
Will the Fed raise rates seven more times through 2020? Our base scenario is for just two more due to record-high dept and the risk of a recession.
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Hedging U.S. Equities with Treasury Options
Equities might be in the late stage of a nine-year bull run, and with rising rates and a possible recession, the risks to being long-only stocks is growing.
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Trade War Costs to Consumers, Companies and Nations
The trade war between the U.S. and China is showing no sign of abating. What are the costs of the tariffs to consumers, companies and the two nations?
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Did Quantitative Easing Help Spur Growth?
As economies were struck down by the 2008 financial crisis, central banks resorted to quantitative easing to spur growth. Did the strategy succeed?
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Have bonds lost their bite?
As markets evolve, we explore whether bonds are still able to provide protection in turbulent conditions.
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Global Investment Views: September 2018
The year began with a synchronised global recovery as most economies benefited from a buoyant environment. The risk of inflation and CB mistakes dominated investors’ fears.
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10 years after Lehman: A reality check for the future
It has been 10 years since the collapse of Lehman marked the beginning of the Great Recession, which threw the global economy into its deepest economic crisis since the 1930s.