All articles by Daniel Ben-Ami – Page 9
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Special Report
Active Management: The active-passive debate
The role of asset managers is under continuing scrutiny as the investment industry continues to question whether active asset management can achieve better results than passive strategies
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News
Daniel Ben-Ami: End the monetary addiction
Market commentators have largely missed the true significance of the US Fed’s rate increase, argues Daniel Ben-Ami
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Features
Reject the behavioural myth
One of my hopes for 2016 is that awkward questions start to be asked about behavioural finance. Hardly an industry event went by this year without at least a passing positive reference to the approach
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Re-defining asset classes
Switzerland’s double whammy of a strong currency and negative interest rates represents a formidable challenge for the pension fund industry, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Special ReportOutlook 2016: Time to take stock
The end of the year is the traditional time to take stock of the previous 12 months and to try to anticipate emerging developments.
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Features
Resist the bubble temptation
It is a safe bet that another financial crisis will be along soon. No doubt that is not something that investment and pensions professionals want to dwell on but it needs to be faced.
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Special Report
Special Report: On the march to China 3.0
It has become commonplace to blame China’s recent financial volatility on its economic slowdown but this view is open to question, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Special Report
An uncertain path
Daniel Ben-Ami charts the downward path of bond yields over the last 30 years. While the widely anticipated end to this bull market may be imminent, the trajectory is uncertain
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Special Report
UK Outlook: Not cut off, just different
It is important to understand both the similarities and the differences between the UK and the rest of Europe, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Features
This is not a debt crisis
The widely held claim that the world is in the latter stages of a prolonged debt crisis should be challenged on more than one count
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Special Report
Fixed Income Challenges: These peculiar times
One of the classic mistakes people make while driving is to fail to look far enough ahead. It is all too common for drivers to fixate on what is just in front of them rather than scanning further in the distance
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Features
China’s importance still underplayed
The turmoil in China is both less serious and more serious than generally assumed.
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News
IPE Views: Market mayhem not made in China
Recent volatility in China says more about western economies than China, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Features
China Briefing: Foreigners eye Chinese shares
Access to China A-shares, one of the largest equity markets, is becoming easier for overseas investors
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FeaturesIPE 360 Conference Report: The tricky question of costs
The tricky question of costs was one of the key topics for debate at the IPE 360 Conference at the London Stock Exchange in mid-June
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Special Report
Technology: The Third Industrial Revolution
A number of fast-moving technological trends seem to be spreading the importance of ‘tech’ beyond IT and into every corner of our lives and our economy
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Special ReportSmart beta and currencies
In currency markets there is arguably no beta, but risk-factor trading has a long history in the asset class
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Features
Special Report – Outlook 2015: War on Europe’s frontier
The economic and financial impact of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Ukraine’s ongoing civil strife are mostly limited to the prime actors, writes Daniel Ben-Ami. But the Baltics are also exposed, and risks would be posed to the rest of Europe by an escalation of sanctions or a disruption of ...
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Special Report
Special Report – Emerging markets: Emerging markets in transition
The rise of the emerging world, and especially China, has transformed the global economy over the past generation, while the past decade has transformed investors’ attitudes to its markets. Daniel Ben-Ami assesses where we are in an ongoing transition
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Special Report
Real Assets: Generating returns
Energy and power in Europe is subject to long-term plans to improve the single market, but also buffeted by the short-term vicissitudes of politics, geopolitics and even natural disaster. Daniel Ben-Ami attempts to clarify the investment themes
