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US Equities: Time to go?
Leaving the US equity party early may mean foregoing big gains, according to Christopher O’Dea
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US Equities: A value perspective
George Sertl gives a value manager’s view of the US equity market with a focus on key sectors
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US Equities: US banks lose lustre
Dodd-Frank and other post-crisis regulation have changed the US banking sector with structurally lower returns on equity
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Equity Investment: Is the cult of equities dying?
In this first article in a new series, Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan ask whether equities are in remission or revival
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Asset Class ReportsEuropean market volatility to continue for weeks – Blue Sky [updated]
Greek repayment of European Central Bank loan on 20 July ‘crucial’, CIO says
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Asset Class ReportsEuro-zone sovereign bonds: A parallel world
Regulation continues to push European pension funds to invest in euro-zone government debt at increasingly unattractive yields
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Grexit and euro-zone ratings
Greece’s exit from the EU could cause other countries to follow, and ultimately lead to the destruction of monetary union
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Euro-zone sovereign bonds: State of the nations
QE helps but only reform can resolve the euro-zone’s problems, according to David Zahn
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Asset Class ReportsBuybacks briefing: Eating their own cooking
In the past few years, companies from many sectors have found a single new favourite investment – their own stock
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Asset Class ReportsPrivate Equity: Alternative investment structures
Both general and limited partners are striving to break free of traditional fund structures to find more flexible and efficient ways to commit to private equity
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Asset Class ReportsPre-listing Support for Private Companies: Joining the ‘elite’
London Stock Exchange’s Luca Peyrano talks about its Elite programme for late-stage private companies and finds that it is preparing to spread its influence across Europe
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Asset Class ReportsSwitzerland’s AHV tenders CHF500m global equity portfolio
First-pillar fund announces tender worth more than half of current small-cap exposure
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Asset Class ReportsOil price impact on high-yield
The oil price fallout in high-yield has so far been contained within sub-sectors of US energy and migh have opened up energy sector value opportunities
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High Yield: US issuers, euro spreads
A substantial spread differential is attracting US investment-grade issuers across the ocean to issue bonds in euros
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High Yield: Oil, banks and rates
Martin Steward finds the diversity of high yield reflected in three very different kinds of risk run behind similar-looking headline exposures
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Cheap oil and weak euro: Impact on European equities
Joseph Mariathasan considers the likely effects of dramatically cheaper oil and a weak euro on European earnings and equity market prices
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European equities: The stock-pickers return
How can European equity portfolio managers find genuinely idiosyncratic stock risk amid the current top-down noise?
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European equities: Recovery or retrenchment?
Martin Steward finds European equity managers disagreeing on how to position for the business cycle
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Investing In Investment Grade Credit: A widening spread
Joseph Mariathasan finds that the divergence of USD and EUR corporate bond performance tells us a lot about how badly Europe’s economy is lagging that of the US
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Investing In Investment Grade Credit: Problem solving
Forthcoming solvency rules led many insurers away from equities towards corporate bonds just in time to dodge the financial crisis. With yields low and spreads tight, but the Solvency II ghost still at the feast, Joseph Mariathasan looks at what they are doing now
