Morningstar’s Michael Born discusses whether there is any longevity in returns being generated by a few market leaders.
Category: Industry views
‘Take more risk in credit rather than taking risk in rates’: FSA Breakfast Briefing Fixed Income
Panellists at the recent Fund Selector Asia Breakfast Briefing events in Hong Kong and Singapore favoured taking credit risk over duration risk.
Schroders favours US equities and Asia credit going into 2025
Keiko Kondo, Schroders’ head of multi-asset investments for Asia, is bullish on US equities, Asian credit and gold, but pessimistic on oil.
‘Nothing has changed and yet everything has changed’: FSA Breakfast Briefing Equities
Panellists at the recent Fund Selector Asia Breakfast Briefing events in Hong Kong and Singapore felt that Trump’s pro-growth policies would outweigh the impact of tariffs.
Robeco: Central banks may be underestimating inflation risks
The Dutch asset manager warns in its 2025 outlook that overly aggressive easing could accelerate inflation next year.
BlackRock: Market concentration does not imply fragility
The world’s largest asset manager said mega-cap tech firms have “unmatched resources” to stay ahead in the race to build out artificial intelligence.
Japanese small caps: Too many cooks
Japan has twice as many listed companies as the world’s largest equity market, and the TSE aims to cut the dead wood.
DWS expects 20% plus jump in equities in 2025
The asset manager warned at the same time that negative events could weigh on market sentiment.
Indosuez WM’s De Boer on a ‘transformational acquisition’
The purchase of Degroof Petercam has boosted assets and broadened the scale of the wealth manager’s products and services.
Amundi’s head of global macro flags ‘innocent bystanders’ in potential US tariffs
An underappreciated risk to growth is the potential escalation of a trade war, depending on global reactions to US tariffs, warns Amundi’s Mahmood Pradhan.
