Analysis
Asia | analysis 15 Jan 16
China at a watershed, says T Rowe Price
The renewed turmoil in China’s financial markets in the first two weeks of 2016 has undermined investor sentiment, wiping trillions of dollars off the value of global stock markets. Anh Lu, lead portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price’s Asia ex-Japan Equity Strategy fund looks at whether this could mean China faces a Japanese-style ‘lost decade’ of growth.
Alternatives | analysis 14 Jan 16
Will multi-asset funds really deliver as markets head down?
Since Markowitz, multi-asset investing has been increasingly “en vogue”. The other trait that has caught the imagination – as well the attention of the regulators – is risk assessment.
Asia | analysis 13 Jan 16
ANALYSIS: Are investors clutching at straws with their Japan overweights?
Japanese equities are enjoying a place in the rising sun in terms of the preferences of many investors, but is this a sound decision destined to yield rewards or an act of desperation?
Equities | analysis 11 Jan 16
ANALYSIS: Bears in ascendence as 2016 stutters into being
After a spectacularly dismal start to the year last week, all eyes turn this week to the start of corporate earnings season.
Tax & Regulation | analysis 11 Jan 16
OPINION: Situations vacant – chief executive, FCA
With the news that the FCA’s search for its next chief is ongoing, here’s our crack at what the job description might look like.