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Investing In Emerging Market Equities: The tide begins to turn
Emerging market equities are finally seeing inflows, but are these justified? Joseph Mariathasan investigates
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The impact of shifting commodity prices
Rising commodity prices are good news for commodity exporters but Rodrigo Amaral finds they can even benefit importers
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EM portfolios can gain from balance
Investors looking to optimise their exposure to emerging markets should not limit themselves to strategies that focus only on large companies and countries
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Sensitivity of selected EM equity funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest actively managed emerging markets equity funds to changes in macroeconomic factors: dollar trade-weighted index, global inflation, crude oil and global default spreads
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Global Equities: The search for global opportunities
Finding attractive companies in the current market environment is no easy matter even within the entire universe of global equities
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Valuations: Emerging from the wings
Against a backdrop of lacklustre growth in the developed world, emerging markets are beginning to find favour again with investors
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Investment Approaches: Reasons to be cheerful
With 30,000 potential stocks in the global equities universe, picking the right investment approach may be more important than the right manager, argues Joseph Mariathasan
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Sensitivity of selected global equity funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest global equity funds to changes in macroeconomic factors: global default spreads; global interest rates; US Dollar Trade Weighted Index and global inflation. IPE and PureGroup selected the largest domestic and cross-border funds registered for sale in the UK, in terms of assets, from the Morningstar database.
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Equity Dividends: Default risk changes landscape
The prospect of government defaults should lead pension schemes to review their approach to liability-driven investment
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Investing In Emerging Market Debt: Reasons for optimism
Daniel Ben-Ami looks at why asset managers are increasingly upbeat about emerging markets
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Liquidity: Are emerging markets roaring back?
Michael Howell says investors should pay more attention to emerging markets as liquidity conditions are improving while those in developed markets are deteriorating
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Big picture remains positive
Joseph Mariathasan surveys the prospects for emerging market debt in the world’s main regions
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Pay heed to ‘feel good’ factors
Socio-economic factors have a strong influence on an emerging market’s competitiveness and ability to generate economic growth over the long term, writes Joseph Mariathasan
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Sensitivity of selected EM debt funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest emerging market debt (EMD) funds to changes in macroeconomic factors: emerging market default spreads; global term spreads; and emerging market dividend yields
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Norwegian sovereign fund sees weak returns boosted by fixed income
Norges Bank Investment Management notes weak performance by financial, consumer sectors during second quarter
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Investing In US Equities: Valuations - Clouded by uncertainties
Uncertainties over Fed interest rate rises and the outcome of the presidential election have compounded questions about the value of US equities
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US Equities: Implications of the US election
Joseph Mariathasan looks at what investors might expect from the two presidential hopefuls
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US Equities: Beating the S&P
Fund managers might do better to focus on generating excess return in credit markets than selecting outperforming stocks
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US Equities: Healthcare - A healthy prognosis
Recent developments in market structures and biotechnology augur well for the recovery of ailing US healthcare stocks
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US Equities: Tech gorillas prevail
The big five tech companies look likely to offer some good returns at least for the next decade or two. But deciding when to buy them might not be so easy