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Ruffer CIO: Asset Management Industry Today As Risky As Bank Leverage In 2008

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Henry Maxey, chief investment officer at Ruffer, has warned the asset management industry is now the epicentre of risk ... Read more

Fed Is Likely To Hold Rates Steady As It Navigates Data Blind Spots

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In the six weeks since a confident U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates in response to a "strong" U.S. economy, co... Read more

'Recessions Lie Ahead': Global Liquidity Slowing At Fastest Rate Since 2008

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Global liquidity is slowing at its fastest rate since the Global Financial Crisis, according to global research group C... Read more

US Stockmarkets Fall To One-year Lows Despite Fed Rate Hike

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the fourth time this year but lowered its projections for future hikes ne... Read more

US Stockmarkets Fall To One-year Lows Despite Fed Rate Hike

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the fourth time this year but lowered its projections for future hikes ne... Read more

US Treasury Yield Curve Flattens To Lowest Level Since Financial Crash

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The difference between short-duration and long-duration US Treasury yields narrowed to the lowest levels in over ten ye... Read more

Investment Conundrums: Pacific AM's Bartleet On Why His Single Largest Concern Is Complacency In Markets

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Will Bartleet, CIO of Pacific Asset Management, has said it is crucial to diversify away from equities and bonds in thi... Read more

Powell Marks Start Of Fed Tenure With Rate Rise; Warns Asset Prices Are 'elevated' In Some Areas

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The Federal Reserve has voted to raise US interest rates by 25bps in Jerome Powell's first meeting as chairman since t... Read more

ETF Snapshot: EMD Only Fixed Income Asset Class To Record Outflows

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In the week ending 2 March, emerging bonds recorded outflows for the first time in two weeks as investors expressed con... Read more

Multi-managers Raise Exposure To Alternative UCITS Funds Amid 'choppy Equity Valuations'

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Multi-managers increased allocations to alternative UCITS funds by 0.55% to over 10% during the fourth quarter of 2017 ... Read more

US Stockmarkets Suffer Worst Month In Over Two Years

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A late slump in US stocks on Wednesday driven by continued fears of faster-than-anticipated rate hikes caused the Dow J... Read more

US Stocks Fall And 10-year Treasury Yields Widen Following Powell's 'positive' Outlook

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New Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's signal that the central bank could hike rates more than the anticipated th... Read more

ETF Select 100: Which Were The Worst-performing Funds In January?

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US bond funds were the worst performers in Selftrade's ETF Select 100 list during January, as worries over rising inter... Read more

PIMCO's Sundstrom: It Is The First Time In My Career Where FX Has Had Such A Deep Impact On Asset Selection

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Geraldine Sundstrom, managing director and manager of the €1.1bn GIS Dynamic Multi Asset fund at PIMCO, has said resp... Read more

M&G's Andrew: Yellen's 'do No Harm' Policy Will Not Be Good Enough For Powell's Federal Reserve

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2017 was a transitional year: for the first time since the global financial crisis, investor sentiment began a gradual ... Read more

Global Economy Growing At Fastest Rate Since 2011 But NIESR Warns Of Slowdown

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The world economy is expanding at the quickest pace for seven years, according to the National Institute of Economic an... Read more

'Periods Such As This Offer Opportunity': Managers To Increase Market Exposure Amid Long-awaited Sell-off

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Managers have welcomed the "healthy" pullback in markets this week, claiming the increase in volatility is not the star... Read more

Warning Bond And Equity Market Sell-off Has Further To Run As Inflation Fears Build

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Managers have cautioned the sell-off in both bond and equity markets has further to run, pointing to the impact of the ... Read more

Fed Maintains Interest Rates Amid Inflation Concerns

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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday (31 January) and said inflation was likely to... Read more

Update: US Equities Follow Europe Lower As Bond Jitters Weigh

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US equities were down over 1% in early trading today, as the sell-off in global markets continues for a second day. Read more