Inflation declines surpass expectations amid volatility risks
May saw a 6.1 percent increase in consumer prices in the EU compared to the previous year, the lowest level since February 2022 and slightly lower than economists’ predicted 6.3 percent. In the United States, inflation has now dropped below 5 percent, the lowest level in two years.
Top-5 high conviction funds
Le Prix Nobel Harry Markowitz affirmait que la diversification était le seul « repas gratuit » de la finance. Intuitivement, le concept a du sens : les pertes d’une position sont compensées par les gains d’une autre exposition, ce qui permet de lisser le rendement du portefeuille et de le rendre moins volatil. En rassemblant dans un portefeuille plusieurs actions avec un schéma d’évolution des cours différent, et de préférence opposé, l’investisseur peut proposer de cette différence de corrélation.
Cohen & Steers en tête du top 5 des fonds immobiliers européens
L’immobilier commercial préoccupe toujours les investisseurs.
Luxembourg ManCos are redesigning operating models
Market consolidation, pressure on cost and the weight of regulation have reduced the total number of Management Companies in Luxembourg by four last year. The latest edition of PwC’s annual Manco Observatory nevertheless sees this industry as “very dynamic”, with 11 new Manco’s having been set up in the last year.
Fed’s ‘pause mode’ could take longer than market expects
The market is expecting a 75 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve after a six-month pause. According to Invesco, the likelihood of that happening is much lower than the market thinks. This is good news for emerging markets, said Wim Vandenhoeck, senior portfolio manager for EMD and global bonds.
Is bitcoin the new gold in a portfolio?
One of the elements that Bitcoin investors cite is the cryptocurrency’s performance when the stock market is doing poorly. These coins are then often described as a «flight-to-safety» investment: an asset that rises in value when the rest of the portfolio goes down. Is this really the case?
Raif registrations down 20% for year to date vs 2022
Fund management companies registered some 22 new reserved alternative investment funds (Raifs) in April 2023, according to publicly-released data updated on 15 May.
This development brings the total for this year so far to 128. Considering only the first four months of the year, the total number was down 20 per cent from last year during the same period.
Luxembourg now has some 2,288 registered Raifs. In 2022, The Luxembourg Business Registers recorded 482 new Raifs, at an average of over 40 new Raif registrations every month.
Franklin en tête du top 5 des actions indiennes
Les actions indiennes ont nettement sous-performé le marché mondial et la sphère émergente sur les quatre premiers mois de 2023. En cause : une croissance décevante, mais surtout des controverses sur l’un des plus grands conglomérats du pays, Adani Group. La plupart des sociétés du groupe ont vu leur cours plonger.
‘Institutional portfolios can do with more venture capital’
Les portefeuilles d’investissement institutionnels en Europe pourraient bénéficier de plus de capital-risque, en particulier lorsqu’il s’agit de réaliser des investissements à impact vert, a déclaré Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, l’envoyé des Pays-Bas pour les investissements technologiques, lors d’une interview podcastée par IO Talks. M. van Oranje, qui dirige Techleap, une initiative d’investissement technologique parrainée par le gouvernement néerlandais et basée à Amsterdam, a parlé du climat commercial mondial pour les investissements technologiques, des effets de la hausse des taux d’intérêt sur les investissements technologiques, des dilemmes liés à l’intelligence artificielle et du nouveau fonds d’investissement de l’OTAN, qui est structuré via le Luxembourg.
Chart of the Week: Fund manager yet to unwind risk
The latest edition of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that fund managers are still overweight equities while their expectations of future economic growth have come down considerably.
Indeed, the chart below shows that fund managers have never been so pessimistic about growth. Not during Covid and not during the Great Financial Crisis. The ‹mismatch› between expectations and positioning is extreme.