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Returns on China’s WM products to shrink
A lack of quality investment targets will pose a challenge for Chinese wealth managers this year, a new report by Cerulli Associates said.
Investors sell off as markets trough
European investors did themselves a disservice in February. They sold out of pretty much all asset classes when markets hit (in some cases) multi-year lows before recovering their losses in the past couple of weeks. The outflows mainly hit active funds, as ETFs saw modest net inflows.
Rathbones taps into offshore growth with four funds
Rathbone Unit Trust Management (RUTM) will offer four Luxembourg-domiciled funds to European investors next month in order to tap into the offshore market’s “considerable” growth potential.
Macro Views | news 31 Mar 16
Don’t confuse illiquidity and volatility – Pimco
Financial markets have undergone substantial changes as a result of regulatory shifts, but according to Pimco’s global head of portfolio risk management, William de Leon, much of the volatility currently in evidence has more to do with central-bank induced uncertainty than illiquidity.
Allianz to sell €4.5bn cache of Italian life policies
Insurance giant Allianz is looking to sell a portfolio of life insurance policies in Italy worth €4.5bn ($5.09bn, £3.6bn) as it struggles to cope with rock-bottom interest rates, Reuters has reported.