Multi-asset income and European equities are the favoured investments themes for Karen Tan, director and head of global wealth solutions in Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management.

Multi-asset income and European equities are the favoured investments themes for Karen Tan, director and head of global wealth solutions in Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management.
India’s annual budget broadly looks positive for the markets, but has fallen short on some expectations, according to Craig Botham, emerging markets economist at Schroders.
Japan emerged from recession in the fourth quarter of 2014, but there could still be further policy easing from the country’s central bank, according to Keith Wade, chief economist and strategist.
The European Central Bank’s massive quantitative easing programme is likely to lead to an across-the-board re-rating of eurozone equities, with cyclical stocks emerging as the greatest beneficiaries, according to Schroders.
RHB Asset Management has launched a dividend-focused feeder fund, which aims to invest in high yielding stocks and contain downside risk during volatile market conditions.
What will be the impact of the ECB’s massive stimulus programme, which is about twice the size expected by the market consensus, on various asset classes? Five fund houses weigh in.
The Chinese A-share market is a bubble waiting to burst, according to Schroders head of Asian equities in Singapore.
Last week’s move by the Swiss Central bank to break its currency peg to the euro has resulted in volatility in local stocks, but this does not impact the long-term investment opportunities available in Swiss equities, said Stefan Frischknecht, fund manager at Schroders.
The Swiss Central Bank’s exit from the euro peg was like “ripping the lid off a pressure cooker” when an intermediate solution would have been more sensible, said Simon Cox, investment strategist at BNY Mellon Investment Management.
A majority of fund houses in Hong Kong intend to use the Stock Connect in 2015 to access the China A-share market, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
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