All Features articles – Page 279
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EMD grows to maturity
Emerging market debt (EMD) has certainly hit the headlines in recent years. Argentina defaulted in 2001; in January 1999 in Brazil the real was devalued by 40%; Russia restructured its debt in 1999, while in 1997 the Asian crisis saw a collapse in investor confidence spread among the region’s countries. ...
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Playing safe in Europe
The strengthening euro and the poor prospects for Euro-zone growth have combined to create a condition among Euro-zone equity investors which Rick Lacaille, chief investment officer at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), describes as “Eurogloom”. “At the start of the year, analysts had generally been too optimistic by an ...
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Pooling power and fears for the Swiss second pillar
A London conference on pension pooling learnt that not only could the market be worth up to a trillion euros over time – but that the technique might even be a way for corporate schemes to take trustees out of the loop. “We’re talking about very big asset pools,” Willie ...
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Funds are waking up to MMFs
In 1997 the US money market fund (MMF) sector had assets under management of $1trn (e770bn), compared with $7bn in Europe. By 2004 the US sector exceeded $2trn, while European funds were valued at $205bn. “I think there is scope for the European industry to go to $2trn as well”, ...
