All articles by Joseph Mariathasan – Page 25
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Asset Class ReportsDeveloped Market Sovereign Bonds: From ruin to recovery
Fundamentals, technicals and sentiment have come together to change the fortunes of peripheral euro-zone bonds. Joseph Mariathasan finds that, while these markets may never again be considered core, yield-hungry investors are happy to provide continuing support
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Asset Class Reports
Developed Market Sovereign Bonds: Dollar doldrums
Central banks holding growing foreign exchange reserves around the world will need to find alternatives to US dollar assets. Joseph Mariathasan reports on the best candidates
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Special Report
Risk and Portfolio Construction: Absolutely clear
Absolute return bond strategies are understandably attracting a lot of attention, but it is a complex and diverse sector. Joseph Mariathasan looks at some key characteristics
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: Tailored solutions in vogue
The relationship between the largest private equity investors and their general partners is evolving as the demand for more specialised, bespoke portfolios grows. Joseph Mariathasan describes the landscape and the pitfalls it threatens for unprepared funds of funds and GPs
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Special Report
Africa: Out of Africa, off-exchange
Joseph Mariathasan considers the pros and cons of listed and unlisted sectors in Africa, and concludes that investors should probably let the lines blur to get the most out of the region
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: No place like home
Joseph Mariathasan asks if the relative home bias of North American companies might be a shelter from the geopolitical and economic storms rattling international markets
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: Let’s get together
Joseph Mariathasan looks at trends in corporate activity in the US market
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: Catching the technology wave
Joseph Mariathasan discusses where US technology companies sit in relation to a once-in-a-generation paradigm shift: the move from desktop to mobile and the cloud
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European Equities: What is Europe, exactly?
Investing in European equities sounds like a straightforward task. But as investors finally begin to look upon the region more favourably, Joseph Mariathasan finds that ‘investing in Europe’ can mean many different things
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Asset Class Reports
Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Small companies, big valuations?
Joseph Mariathasan looks at small-caps around the world after a long period of outperformance, and finds plenty of reasons to believe that current valuations remain reasonable
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Equities: Sailing into headwinds
Top-down forces have been buffeting emerging markets for some years now, exacerbated by the threat of Fed ‘tapering’ in 2013. But Joseph Mariathasan finds these forces translating into stock-market performance and portfolio strategies in complex, often unexpected ways
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Equities: India turns a corner
Joseph Mariathasan finds that political and central bank governance could be at a positive turning point in India, as could corporate governance at company level
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Equities: The dragon awakes
Joseph Mariathasan examines China’s Third Plenum, which some are hailing as a watershed towards a market-led economy
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Small is beautiful, again
Joseph Mariathasan and Martin Steward note that smaller hedge funds are enjoying significant new inflows for the first time since the financial crisis. Where is the money coming from?
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Asset Class Reports
Global Equities: Eye of the beholder
Joseph Mariathasan looks into the debate around how best to calculate the fundamental value of companies and markets
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: Yielding more questions than answers
Some see recent bond-market sell-offs as the start of the long-awaited bear market in bonds – or at least a ‘normalisation’ of rates, while others point sceptically to weak global growth
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Is there a credit bubble in China?
Joseph Mariathasan asks if China’s financial system is in jeopardy.
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India - Bearing the brunt of the outflows
Joseph Mariathasan examines why investors are putting India on hold for now.
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Private Equity - What’s in store for India
Joseph Mariathasan looks at the development of private equity in India.
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Skirting a currency war
Joseph Mariathasan looks at how Asia’s economies can withstand the growing volatility in the currency markets.
