Investment
Experts focus on European, Japanese equities after rate hike
Industry commentators remain positive about equities in 2016 following the US rate hike, opting for Europe and Japan over the US.
ANALYSIS: An opportune time to invest
Coutts’s global chief economist Mark McFarland says it may not be a bad time to invest in bonds and equities
Fixed Income | 17 Dec 15
Fed hits right notes as rates rise for the first time in nine years
About the right amount of ‘dovishness’ seems to be the initial verdict from market commentators pronouncing on what had been billed as the biggest event in financial markets since the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Fixed Income | 16 Dec 15
Deutsche launches strategic beta bond ETF
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has launched its first strategic beta sovereign bond exchange-traded fund (ETF).
When things change
QE and the ‘taper tantrum’ of 2013 raised concerns among Standard Life Investments’ emerging market debt team, causing them to turn negative on countries with a twin deficit economy.