Investing in disruptive companies requires a blend of new entrants with established companies to minimise risks, according to Wesley Lebeau, Paris-based thematic equities portfolio manager at CPR Asset Management, a subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management.
Short-dated high yield bonds provide protection against rising interest rates, but low liquidity puts brakes on the ability of funds investing in them to grow, according to BNY Mellon’s Ulrich Gerhard.
As correlation between stocks and bonds increases, Neuberger Berman’s multi-asset and quantitative team has made several changes to portfolios, according to Erik Knutzen, the firm’s New York-based chief investment officer for multi-asset class strategies.
Emerging markets are less likely to see a ‘taper tantrum’-like sell off as rates rise, said GSAM’s Shoqat Bunglawala, but not everyone agrees.
Deutsche WM has increased the allocation to sovereign bonds in the firm’s model balanced portfolio, which forms the basis of portfolios it manages for clients in Asia-Pacific.
Amid concerns over illiquid credit market in China, bonds issued by the government and the policy banks are an attractive option, argues Wilfred Wee, China fixed income portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management.
Bank J Safra Sarasin has drastically changed its view of Japan equities from being optimistic on the asset class six months ago, according to Philipp Bärtschi, the private bank’s Zurich-based chief investment officer.
As China further relaxes capital controls, the demand for renminbi-denominated investments outside the mainland should grow, argues Stratton Street’s Andy Seaman.
Aviva Investors’ investment director Jerome Nunan ponders the value of ‘strength of conviction’ when markets do not behave as expected.
The managers of HSBC GAM’s two new low carbon funds are trying to cater to demand for lower carbon investments while at the same time influence companies to reduce their carbon footprints.
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