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European ETF Market flows resumed in October 2014 after the September break. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR6.1bn, slightly above August 2014 level. Total Assets under Management are up 22% vs. the end of 2013...

In some ways, the rise of China has been too good to be true. Its economy has grown with breakneck speed for decades (an average of 9.1% a year since 1994, with a lowest rate of 6%) – if we can believe the official accounts.

Global investors have a restored appetite for risk amid greater optimism over the outlook for profits and the economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for November.

Global ETF assets - these index products emerged in the asset management industry in the early 2000s - have reached the record level of 2 400 billion at the end of 2013, reaching global hedge fund assets...

Bill Gross is managing the global macro-driven bond fund, acting on his highest conviction ideas in order to generate positive returns and fixed income diversification, while navigating ever-changing market conditions in the global economy.