All Features articles – Page 391
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GRAM expects markets rebound
The keys to an economic upswing are again households in the US. The question is whether they will increase spending or focus on the rising unemployment and therefore be cautious. Until the market participants become more confident about a recovery, the financial markets could be quite volatile, and we recommend ...
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Funds' fees under scrutiny
The attraction for Belgian institutional investors of investing through funds is understandable. The Belgian market is a small one, and the size of the average pension fund makes investment funds the easiest and quickest way of achieving portfolio diversification. Also there are good fiscal reasons for investors taking this indirect ...
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Large value focus
Every month in IPE we analyse the portfolio style of a fund using the return-based portfolio analyser developed by London-based firm Style Research. This month we have chosen the DIT-Dresdner US Equity fund, managed by Dresdner International Management Services in Dublin. The graph shows the changes in style the fund ...
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Looking forward to a last-quarter recovery
Euroland’s equity markets are gearing up for what analysts expect will be an unhindered recovery and sustained period of growth. “Finally things are looking good for investors, especially given the continuous sensitive nature with which investors have been approaching Europe’s markets vis-à-vis risk strategies for the last 18 months or ...
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Front-to-back office systems
Pension funds and asset managers are under pressure to diversify their investments to meet growth targets, while the choice of financial instruments available to them grows ever wider and more complex, as does the range of markets across the globe, including a growing number of online trading platforms. Investors need ...
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Time to go stock picking in the US
Equities in the US are ripe for stockpickers, say strategists. The market as a whole is likely to remain flat to firmer in the next few months, but those with an eye for a bargain could be the winners in the current climate, they say. “For now, it’s time to ...
