Currency
Fixed Income | 1 Feb 16
Legg Mason affiliate offers two new fixed income funds
Legg Mason subsidiary Western Asset is launching two flexible fixed income funds for investors seeking returns from bonds in the current low rate environment while looking for some protection from principal losses.
Fixed Income | 13 Jan 16
Lombard Odier IM and ETF Securities add GBP-hedged ETF class
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has broadened the product range it offers through its partnership with ETF Securities by listing a GBP-hedged share class of its Global Corporate Bond Fundamental ETF on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund Manager Profile: Chinese whispers
As Matthews Asia launches an Asia ex Japan Dividend Fund, chief investment officer and portfolio manager Robert Horrocks dispels headline fears over the future of economic growth in China.
Investment | 7 Dec 15
The benefits of increasing debt and weakening currencies
Fixed income has been a dark place to live in the past couple of years but making active currency decisions proves there is light at the end of the tunnel – it is not just Amundi’s Lotfi Ben Lazrak holding a touch.
Investment | 16 Nov 15
Dollar cash outperforms MSCI World year-to-date
If you had invested all your cash in dollars as a euro-based investor this year, you would have earned a better return than if you had emulated the MSCI World. Moreover, equity returns seem to have become completely tied to exchange rate movements.