Eurozone and Japanese equities will likely outperform their peers next year, said the Swiss wealth manager.

Eurozone and Japanese equities will likely outperform their peers next year, said the Swiss wealth manager.
Global growth will struggle in 2017 and investors are advised to move away from expensive sectors and pivot to those that offer value, according to Kevin Anderson, State Street Global Advisors’ Hong Kong-based head of investments for Asia Pacific.
The firm has launched a multi asset fund in Hong Kong and sees Eurozone economic growth picking up in 2016.
Despite erratic moves in oil prices, cheap oil will have a positive impact on key world economies and markets, said CIO Stefan Kreuzkamp.
Sentiment in Europe remains strong despite headwinds, but the firm explains why it prefers equities over bonds.
Three recent fund choices reflect Standard Chartered Private Bank’s views on the overweights it made a few weeks ago, said Steve Brice, chief investment strategist for group wealth management.
The global real estate sector is poised to receive more capital inflows amid an environment of moderate growth and low interest rates, according to Satyan Sanghrajka, head of business development for Asia Pacific.
Against a backdrop of a downturn in global growth, opportunities have emerged in China and advanced economies with positive growth predicted at 3% in 2016, according to Amundi Asset Management.
Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble put the question to the Greek government during negotiations, according to a senior member of Greece’s negotiating team.
The four ETFs seek to track key global indices: the S&P 500 index, the Euro Stoxx 50, the Nikkei, and the MSCI EM Asia index.
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