Report
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April, 2018
An investor’s guide to political risks
Fund manager Barings has commented on the political risks faced by investors and how they should be treated. Dr Christopher Smart, head of macro-economic and geopolitical research, said that while most political risks are temporary shocks or simply “noise”, some can be major tectonic shifts. Smart said that in most cases shocks have a limited impact, ...
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April, 2018
Brunel makes first manager appointment
Brunel Pension Partnership, the asset pool for the LGPS funds in south-west England, has awarded its first mandate, of more than £4 billion, to Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), for passive equities. The appointment of LGIM followed what Brunel described as a rigorous and diligent research and in-depty evaluation. Brunel chief investment ...
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April, 2018
Emerging markets set to outperform
According to fund manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP), emerging markets will continue to perform strongly against developed markets despite policy tightening. NN IP senior emerging markets strategist, Maarten-Jan Bakkum, commented: “There is little doubt that tighter financial conditions pose a risk to EM growth. But for now, we feel it is too early ...
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April, 2018
Expectations maintained in light of Bank of England rate decision
AXA Investment Manager (AXA IM) senior economist, David Page, has reacted to the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates on hold, by saying the firm will continue to fine-tune its outlook for future rate hikes. Page said he still thinks two hikes are likely in both 2019 and 2020, but recent inflation data is undershooting expectations at both ...
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April, 2018
Report documents record 2016 for UK fund management
Assets under management with UK fund managers increased to a record £8.1 trillion in 2016, an annual rise of 17.4%, according to a report from the TheCityUK. Ironically, the growth was in part caused by an increase in the value of overseas assets by the depreciation of sterling against other major currencies following the Brexit referendum. In addition, ...
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April, 2018
FCA’s cryptocurrency review praised
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) review of cryptocurrencies has been praised by Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, as one of the most significant regulatory reviews of modern times. Green said: “The highly anticipated FCA cryptocurrency review is set to be one of the most impactful and far-reaching regulatory reviews in ...
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April, 2018
EU boost to venture capital investing
The European Commission has launched a new venture capital (VC) funding programme, VentureEU, with €410 million in fresh funding, to encourage institutional investors to back innovative start-ups across the continent. The launch was welcomed by Invest Europe CEO, Michael Collins, who said: “For the last eight years, Invest Europe has advocated using ...
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April, 2018
Call for more ESG-focused fixed income
The world’s largest pension fund, Japan’s $1.37 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), has collaborated with the World Bank to produce a report calling for more to be done on applying ESG to fixed income investing. In the report, GPIF and the World Bank say there is no consistent definition of ESG, particularly for the social aspect, and ...
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April, 2018
New research sees two paths for DB plans
A new study from fund management giant BlackRock has found that public and private defined benefit (DB) plans are on diverging paths, with private DB plans winding down, while public DB plans are building for the long haul. The study is based on a survey of 300 senior executives and CIOs. BlackRock global head of institutional client business, Edwin ...
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April, 2018
Stresses in international economic relationships increase risk of a global trade war
Newton multi-asset manager, Paul Flood, has warned that a full blown trade war could hit global markets, growth and investors, as the economic relationships between the US and China, the US and the EU, and the EU and the UK are changing. In March, the Trump administration announced tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium imports from China, which ...
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