Schroders makes two senior promotions; J. Safra Sarasin and from BMO; Manulife’s Greater China push; Blackstone expands ESG team; and more.

Schroders makes two senior promotions; J. Safra Sarasin and from BMO; Manulife’s Greater China push; Blackstone expands ESG team; and more.
How accurate were the “Ten Surprises for 2017”, which Byron Wien, vice chairman of multi-asset investing at Blackstone, issued a year ago?
China debt-to-GDP balloons, the US economy falters, the euro soars, oil remains around $30? Byron Wien has released his 31st annual list of ten surprise predictions for 2016.
In January 2015, 10 investment-related predictions were made by Byron Wein, vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners. How did he do?
Analysts seem to be coming to a consensus that the price of oil will follow something like a backward checkmark trajectory, which calls for a very selective investment focus.
Buoyed by the growing opportunities in the Asian region, alternative asset manager Blackstone, has set up its first office in Singapore.
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