Did ETFs really pass the bear market test?
ETFs have remained open for business during the coronacrisis, while credit markets were largely frozen. But ETFs were still able to cope with unprecedented outflows, providing investors with badly needed liquidity. However, this may just be a Pyrrhus victory for the index providers.
'Risk assets are on the rise, but recession is still to hit'
Following Christine Lagarde’s earlier ‘rookie error’, the newest ECB stimulus package did not come as a surprise for Ella Hoxha, manager of the Pictet Global Bond Fund. Are European bonds now out of the danger zone? ‘The worst should technically be behind us though we’re not out of this crisis yet. The recession hasn’t even begun.’