Latest Special Reports – Page 54
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Outlook 2017: Paris Agreement focuses minds
The speedy ratification of the COP21 climate change deal cements the investment relevance of action against global warming, reports Susanna Rust
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Outlook 2017: The rise of populism
Electorial victories by populist movements in Europe would have serious implications for institutional investors, warn Gijsbert de Lange and Cees Harm van den Berg
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Special ReportOutlook 2017: Political focus - Europe
Geopolitical tensions look set to be felt across Europe in 2017. Daniel Ben-Ami and Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outline some of the most important
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Outlook 2017: Growing political influence
Political risk has become more complex with the traditional divide between left and right being replaced with a conflict between globalisation and nationalism, writes Bob Swarup
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Outlook 2017: Breaking up is hard
The UK referendum result raises the possibility of other countries leaving the European Union. Christoph Schon and William Morokoff examine the impact of such a scenario
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Special ReportSpecial Report: China’s tricky transition
Daniel Ben-Ami looks at the progress China has made and the obstacles it faces as it attempts to become an advanced economy
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Multi-Asset Strategies: Can you beat it?
Investors have for years used a 60% allocation to equities and a 40% allocation to bonds (sometimes inverted) as a simple and informal benchmark for an investment strategy
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Special Report: Currency - Behind the strong dollar
Several factors have combined to boost the dollar’s performance, finds David Turner
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Financial Liberalisation: More access to Chinese assets
Florence Chong explores how China is opening up its bond and equity markets to foreign investors
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Asset Allocation: The 60/40 question
Joseph Mariathasan asks how multi-asset managers are seeking to prove their worth in a low-return, high-correlation world, when a 60/40 equity/bond portfolio looks hard to beat
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EM rally greeted with caution
Emerging market currencies have been boosted recently by strong inflows from investors seeking higher returns. But Ayşe Ferliel Barounos finds not everyone expects the rebound to last
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Special ReportThe rise of the renminbi
Joseph Mariathasan discusses the rise of the renminbi with Prof Eswar Prasad of Cornell University
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Testing the value of diversified growth
Anthony Harrington finds managers keen to emphasise the robustness of the diversified growth concept following criticism from the likes of Willis Towers Watson
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Yen and renminbi: The big yen and yuan story
Policies being pursued by Japan and China for different reasons are behind the rising yen and the falling renminbi that are having significant effects on financial markets
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Driving change in the DGF market
Diversified growth funds need to significantly improve their performance, according to Alice Lee
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Adjusting to China’s syndrome
East Asian economies are heavily plugged in to the region’s powerhouse and feel the shocks when it slips, but these countries are finding ways to cope, writes Rodrigo Amaral
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Multi-asset funds: Diversity among the diversified
Multi-asset funds encompass a wide range of strategies. Brendan Maton and Charlotte Moore profile three such portfolios
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The analytics arms race
As the multi-asset investing market grows, the race is on to provide the superior analytics needed to understand portfolio performance, says Sebastian Ceria
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Risk parity post-Brexit
Despite the increase in risk in many asset classes from a year ago, risk parity funds have weathered this summer’s volatile markets
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Special Report Fixed Income Strategy: No more easy gains
What started as an emergency measure looks like it has become a permanent state of affairs.
