As policy and liquidity tensions build, there is a growing threat they will disrupt the apparent calm in stock markets, according to T. Rowe Price.
Tag: Interest Rates
CSOP launches HKD money market ETF
Targeting institutional, high net worth and corporate investors, CSOP Asset Management has listed the Hong Kong Dollar Money Market ETF on the Hong Kong bourse.
Schroders expects June rate hike
The US Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates one or two times this year, according to Garth Taljard, the firm’s head of multi-asset products for Asia.
Pictet WM: What needs to happen for a lasting market rally
Investor fear is out of whack with actual economic fundamentals and a sustainable rebound won’t happen until one of three broad shifts occurs, argues Christophe Donay, head of asset allocation and macro research at Pictet Wealth Management.
The pluses and minuses of Japan’s negative rates
Japan’s surprise move to negative interest rates on Friday is both a “welcome boost” for investor confidence, and in another sense, a failure of policy, sources said.
Fed inaction prompts Barings allocation moves
In view of the US rate hike that didn’t happen, Sonja Laud, head of multi-asset income at Baring AM, made some recent tactical allocations.
Rate hike still likely this year: fund houses
The Federal Reserve’s positive outlook for the US economy and for the unemployment rate suggests an interest rate hike is still highly possible this year, according to several fund managers.
China stock market most favoured by Hong Kong investors
Nearly 31% of the surveyed respondents said they are likely to invest in China equities if interest rates are reduced further this year.
Volatility is coming to EMs
Emerging market assets will likely face rising volatility and capital outflows as the US Federal Reserve begins tightening interest rates, according to JP Morgan Asset Management.
Keeping rates low risk for US markets
The “breathtaking strength” in US jobs growth has created conditions that demand a rate hike, argues Rick Rieder, chief Investment officer of fundamental fixed income at BlackRock.