Those active managers dealing in European equities, who have kept things simple and correctly identified and stuck to top-down trends, have tended to add alpha
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Credit markets reflect economic divergence
High yield bond investors are worried about the future actions of the Fed, but would the predicted interest rate hikes necessarily be bad news for the sector?

Islamic finance edges towards the mainstream
Islamic finance is no longer just for Muslims and private investors are increasingly drawn to the diversification benefits and real assets these products target

Money market funds hamstrung by regulations
Money market funds have been hit hard by new regulations in both the US and Europe, but investors continue to utilise them as a useful diversification tool and a way of taking risk off the table

The ups and downs of inflation
The eurozone is perilously close to slipping into deflation while there are fears that the Fed’s huge quantitative easing programme could lead to high inflation in the US. How worried should investors be?
Market relief as Scotland votes No to independence
Stockmarkets had bet on Scottish voters rejecting independence so any rally is likely to be muted

Should investors be overweight bonds or equities?
HSBC’s Fredrick Nerbrand and Mike O’Sullivan of Credit Suisse discuss whether investors should be increasing allocations to bonds or equities

Demand for social impact bonds on the up
As investors warm to social impact bonds, private banks have a number of new vehicles in the pipeline

Impact investing: making a difference while turning a profit
Impact investing seeks to create both social and environmental change alongside a financial return, but can these two ever go hand in hand or is this just philanthropy by another name?

Demystifying the convertible bond market
Skander Chabbi, head of the convertibles team at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, talks to Yuri Bender about the investment prospects for convertible bonds, their role in portfolios and the most attractive structures available to investors
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