In 2018, the base case scenario does not include a continuance of global synchronised growth, argues Brendan Mulhern, global strategist on the real return team at BNY Mellon Investment Management.

In 2018, the base case scenario does not include a continuance of global synchronised growth, argues Brendan Mulhern, global strategist on the real return team at BNY Mellon Investment Management.
China is now in a Goldilocks situation, and it should continue in 2018, according to Edmund Yun, Hong Kong-based head of investment solutions at CIC Investor Services.
Local currency bonds are attractive as the environment for fixed income starts to turn positive after a multi-year downtrend, according to Federico García Zamora, managing director at BNY Mellon’s Standish Mellon.
The single biggest risk to EM debt is currently not priced into the market, says Karan Talwar, emerging markets fixed income investment specialist at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
Fast growth for small caps in India and China is buoyed by high GDP growth and structural reforms, explains Krishna Kumar, portfolio manager at Eastspring Investments.
Latin American bonds can be an attractive source of yield in the low interest rate environment, but hedges should be in place to protect against any spike in inflation, argues Guillermo Felices, senior market strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
High yield can absorb volatility from higher interest rates, explains Adam Grotzinger, senior vice president and client portfolio manager in fixed income at Neuberger Berman.
Japan’s mid- and small-cap stocks have outperformed large caps, but many are ignored or under-researched, according to Max Godwin, a Singapore-based portfolio manager on Eastspring Investments’ Japan equity team.
What is a better indication that small caps have conditions for growth than Fed watching? Ross McSkimming, investment director of equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments, answers that and other small cap questions.
Default rates in US high yield were higher during crisis points than emerging market high yield, according to Pierre Chartres, investment director of retail fixed income for M&G Investments.
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