There are solid arguments supporting a harder landing scenario than markets are pricing in.

There are solid arguments supporting a harder landing scenario than markets are pricing in.
A number of global bond indices have not included onshore China bonds, but some of them are expected to do so later this year or in the first quarter of 2018, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report.
Value Partners names Yu Xiaobao as head of China business; UBP’s operating expenses increase due to Coutts Asia integration; Blackrock’s ETF assets breach $1.5trn mark; Cerulli expects global mutual fund assets to hit $100trn by 2020; Singapore’s fintech association rolls out a comprehensive fintech directory; BofAML sees global fund firms allocate more to Japanese equities; Australia launches its first stewardship code for fund firms; and more…
Blackrock reports $80bn of net inflows during the first quarter; L&I products in Hong Kong receive warm market response; Northern Trust upgrades developed and emerging markets economic outlook; more fund managers allocate more in Eurozone equities, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch report; SFC bans a bank manager for stealing; and others…
Global fund managers are holding more cash than the 10-year average, signalling a buy in equities, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s monthly global fund manager survey for January.
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