Investment
Macro Views | 6 Apr 16
Franklin Templeton expects sukuk momentum
The strong development of Islamic finance is “a reflection of genuine retail demand”, said Mohieddine Kronfol, chief investment officer of global sukuk and MENA fixed income.
Innovation key in Russia’s new economy – Baring AM
The importance of structural growth stories in “new Russia” cannot be underestimated, said Michael Levy, lead manager for the Baring Russia Fund.
Macro Views | 5 Apr 16
Blurred symmetry in Q1 fund performance figures
What a difference a year makes. In the first quarter of 2015, the top 10 funds were a mixture of Japanese equities, Russian equities, and biotechnology funds, with a frontier markets fund rounding things out.
Multi Asset | 5 Apr 16
NN IP launches absolute return factor investing fund
NN Investment Partners has launched a Luxembourg-based multi asset absolute return fund using a strategy that allocates to multiple factors across different asset classes.
Emerging Markets | 4 Apr 16
Why Venezuela could be best or worst for bond returns
Growing up in Brazil, Claudia Calich got to learn all about hyperinflation and currency devaluations at first hand through her father’s engineering business, based in Porto Alegre in the country’s southern-most state of Rio Grande do Sul on the border of Uruguay and Argentina.

