Equity

“A UK exit from the European Union would in all likelihood damage the UK’s world standing, throw into question the European project and have the potential to generate a global shock that would spark significant volatility across risk assets,” says Ariel Bezalel, manager of the Jupiter Dynamic Bond SICAV fund.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) announced a rate of return on investments of 13.0% for the year ended December 31, 2015, resulting in an increase in net assets to a record $171.4 billion from $154.5 billion at the end of 2014.

As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (Fed) kept official rates at their current levels when it met on 10 March. Despite inflationary pressure building, the Fed lowered its projections for the pace of future rate hikes given ongoing concerns about the global economy...

Stephen Mitchell, Head of Strategy, Global Equities explains why Cheung Kong Infrastructure, Pernod Ricard, Merlin Entertainments, ADP and Pfizer can currently be found in his portfolio.

Although, panic has faded, growth outlook is still uncertain. Patrick Moonen, Principal Strategist Multi Asset at NN IP and Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen Head of Multi Asset at NN IP, have downgraded equities to neutral again.