If youre like me, the prospect of bonds and equities rising in tandem as they have done in recent months is an unnerving sign.

If youre like me, the prospect of bonds and equities rising in tandem as they have done in recent months is an unnerving sign.
BY: MARK BURGESS , CIO , THREADNEEDLE
For 2014 to date, investors have benefited from low levels of volatility everywhere which has enabled bonds and equities to rally alongside each other. The question now has to be: how much more peace and quiet can we expect?
Thailand and other Mekong region countries have agreed a deal which will pave the way for increased capital market cooperation, with a view to boosting economic growth across the region.
The underlying economic conditions within emerging markets appear to be improving, Mark Mobius said.
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Pimco has named its executive committee member Eric Mogelof as the new head of Asia Pacific.
ICI Global has recommended several changes to the Asia Region Funds Passport initiative (ARFP) in order to make the scheme more “economically and operationally feasible”.
Even as growing numbers of multi-national asset managers are moving to set up shop in Malaysia, as they prepare to tap into the demand for Islamic fund management, an informal poll of market participants suggests that the industry’s growth is being stymied by a lack of product innovation and range.
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AXA Investment Managers has hired Lion Global Investors’ chief investment officer Simon Flood as the head of Asia Pacific replacing Jean-Pierre Leoni.
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