Equities
China equity funds struggle in 2016
After a volatile start to the year, fund performance figures for the first half of 2016 show a significant year-on-year weakness in China equity funds based in Hong Kong.
Fund managers warn on European bank stress
The banking sector’s worrisome low valuations have the potential to spark a financial crisis, fund managers said.
Morgan Stanley launches factor-based US Sicav
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management arm of Morgan Stanley, has launched a factor-based US fund providing European investors access to its applied equity advisers team for the first time.
Deutsche Bank WM repositions post-Brexit
Despite Brexit, the chief investment officer of Deutsche Bank’s wealth division, Christian Nolting, still sees upside potential for equities in the UK and Europe.
Bearish investors resort to indiscriminate selling
If fund flows are a reliable sentiment gauge, investors were at their most bearish since the autumn of 2011 on the eve of the Brexit vote. And the referendum outcome may have only exacerbated this trend.