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Asset allocation

  • Saturday, 31 May, 2025
    On Wall StreetDaniel Rasmussen
    Is private equity becoming a money trap?

    Lack of exits for deals struck by managers in frothy times is straining the business model of the asset class

    Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange building, partially obscured by scaffolding
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Markets InsightKurt Davis
    $1tn sukuk market at risk of unintended disruption

    New standard threatens a vital funding source for sovereigns and corporates across the Middle East, Asia and beyond

    Elevated view over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Investing in funds
    Investors flock to equity funds that exclude US after Trump’s return to power

    World ex-US funds have long been out of favour but have attracted $2.1bn in assets over past three months

    The Amundi logo on its headquarters in Paris
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
    Investments
    Are American assets great again? Not so fast

    Any trade agreement with China will not settle questions over the ongoing supremacy of US capital markets

    Illustration of a truck with an US flag driving along a road with boulders and cracks ahead
  • Saturday, 10 May, 2025
    Fund management
    Selling of dollar assets signals start of longer-term shift, warn investors

    Big institutional money managers said to trim US exposure on concerns over policymaking

    a person on a smartphone walks past the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 9 May, 2025
    Markets InsightRobert Buckland
    Pain trades are inevitable

    Financial markets can fall fast but investors should look for where longer-term problems may be brewing

    A monitor displays market information on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
    On Wall StreetToby Nangle
    Private equity’s bind should prompt an investor rethink

    Returns are likely to be lower in a world of weaker growth, higher interest rates and a slump in dealmaking

    Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, US
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    How much exposure to US stocks is too much?

    The key conversation in asset management now is around the new “neutral” level for portfolios

    Trader in New York stock exchange
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    LexPrivate equity
    Private equity is more stuck than ever — and secondaries will benefit Premium content

    Investors with cash during a crisis can benefit, but PE-owned companies tend to have a lot of debt

    Dollar bills
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Markets InsightIan Harnett
    How ‘weaponised trade’ could lead to ‘weaponised capital’

    As international structures that promoted free trade are unwound, there is a rising risk of a return to capital controls

    A trader runs across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as it opens on the morning after US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    The hidden cost of predictable investment rebalancing

    Those basis points add up

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    First cat bond ETF opens new frontier in low-correlation returns

    Catastrophe bonds linked to randomly occurring natural disasters were previously considered too illiquid for ETFs

  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The great European disentanglement from US stocks has only just started

    A long rebalancing of investor portfolios is likely to be under way that could be painful for America

    The Euronext stock exchange in Paris
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Europe still needs to earn the confidence of investors

    Market hopes rest on gaining the benefit of the doubt that the US commands

    The Euro sculpture
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    US Treasury bonds
    Investors pump $22bn into short-term US debt to ride out market ‘storm’

    Flood of inflows comes as money managers fret over Donald Trump’s policies

    Traders on the floor of New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    US equities
    Investors slash US equity holdings by most ever, BofA survey shows

    Threat to global growth from Trump’s trade tariffs sparks ‘bull crash’ in fund manager sentiment

    A trader in a red jacket operates multiple computer screens on the New York Stock Exchange floor
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Why it might get worse for US stocks

    Uncertainty over Trump policy will soon hit the economy with few short-term catalysts for a turnaround

    Morning sunlight falls on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Isa Guide 2025
    What’s going into your stocks-and-shares Isa this year? 

    Diversification is key if you’ve benefited from the US tech boom

    Illustration of a kitchen counter with a mixing bowl, spilled flour, broken egg and a book of financial information
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Markets InsightHoward Marks
    What corporate credit spreads are signalling on returns

    High-yields might not be a giveaway any more but are fairly priced

    The US Treasury building in Washington
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Markets InsightPeter Oppenheimer
    In a year of turmoil, diversification is paying off for investors

    The benefits of the ‘only free lunch’ in markets are reasserting themselves

    Financial traders monitor data as the Dax index curve and stock price information is displayed on boards inside Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Why Trump has gone quiet on the stock market

    The mood in markets has darkened and the central narrative around trades based on the president’s policies has soured

    Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange next to a Donald Trump picture
  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    Markets InsightKenneth Tropin
    Opportunities for macro hedge funds are best for many years

    More volatile markets set to provide interesting conditions for traders

    Phot of the New York Stock Exchange floor in 1997
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Geopolitical rupture sparks quiet market rebellion

    It does not take a deep scratch beneath the surface to uncover investor nerves

    US President Donald Trump
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Ukraine peace dividend spurs Europe’s stock rally

    The pessimists are on the back foot amid one of the strongest starts to any year in the region since 1987

    Bear and bull statues stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Trump’s MEGA effect on European markets

    US not so exceptional amid a strong start to year for equities on both sides of the Atlantic

    A montage of the bronze bear sculpture outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the LSE logo, Euro notes and Donald Trump
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