Investors grow less optimistic on world economy amid market volatility
Investor optimism waned in January amid signs of slowing global growth, the sharp drop in the price of oil that threatens to cut...
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Investor perspectives Archive
Nordea to cut coal exposure
Nordea Asset Management, the largest Nordic fund manager, is planning to cut up to 40 coal-mining companies from its portfolio in...
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Global investors show signs of anxiety
US stocks rose to record highs at the end of last year – with the Dow and S&P 500 both breaking records in December – but buy-side...
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Vanguard reports record inflows as passive funds gain ground
Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, has resoundingly beaten the record for global fund-raising for a third...
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Withdrawals from Pimco set fund management record
Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) suffered the most withdrawals in the history of fund management last year, with a total...
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Global investor confidence declines on oil and dollar concerns
Global investor confidence fell in December, led by European investors, as the crash in oil prices and the sharp gains in the...
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Hedge funds poised to end 2014 with gains despite recent outflows
Increased volatility and concerns over the sudden drop in the price of oil prompted a net outflow of investments from hedge funds...
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Chinese takeover of European bank could be first of many
A move by Haitong Securities, China’s second-largest brokerage, to take over Portuguese investment bank Banco Espirito Santo de...
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Emerging markets hedge fund investment slows
Global hedge fund investment in emerging markets slowed in the third quarter as the price of oil – a major export – declined and...
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Investor confidence drops in North America and Asia
Investor confidence dropped in November as a perceived slowdown in Chinese economic growth, regional conflicts and mixed central...
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