Analysis

Fixed Income | analysis 18 Jan 16

It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.

Asia | analysis 15 Jan 16

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

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

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

After a spectacularly dismal start to the year last week, all eyes turn this week to the start of corporate earnings season.