Federal Reserve

Morgan Stanley has warned of an approaching 'triple taper tantrum next year if the US, Japan and Europe all taper their monetary policies at the same time.

The curious case of the EM bond proxies

The Federal Reserve has dampened suggestions of a mid-2015 interest rate hike after weak GDP figures suggested the US recovery has lost momentum.

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has taken a position as a senior adviser at PIMCO.

Ben Bernanke has become a senior adviser to a prominent US hedge fund, his first non-research role since leaving the US Federal Reserve.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned global markets could be hit by turmoil worse than the 2013 'taper tantrum' when interest rates rise.

HSBC Global Asset Management's Caroline Hitch is reducing exposure to equities in favour of credit in the firm's $8bn World Selection portfolios as she fails to find "compelling" valuations for shares.

Beware global risks

Are markets sleepwalking into rate complacency?

The behaviours of the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank in recent months could not have been more different and are becoming harder and harder to anticipate, says Eric Vanraes, fixed income portfolio manager at EI Sturdza Investment Funds...