Liquidity
Carmignac MD Saint-Georges: Inflection points will be the story of 2018
US stocks have had a chance to finish 2017 in style, as the economic recovery that started two years earlier received an additional boost from the much-publicised breakthrough on tax reforms.
ESMA publishes final Money Market Funds Regulation guidelines
Focused on asset liquidity and credit quality
Opinion: A new concept of risk has emerged for investors
Markets have realised they have a new concept of risk to play with: idiotic risk. Largely unquantifiable, we see many shining examples, whether in North Korea, the White House or No 10.
Liquidity 'red flags': How Legg Mason avoid being a forced seller at bad prices
With increased market volatility and the impact of global political events, Legg Mason's Gary Herbert explains why investors need to watch out for liquidity red flags in many areas of the fixed income market
BoE warns of threat to financial markets from potential corporate bond sell-off
Further work is needed
Jupiter Merlin team 'very worried' about ETF liquidity
Concerned about FANG stock valuations
Update: FCA identifies asset management concerns and unveils platform review
In regulator's Sector Views paper
Invesco Perpetual's Causer: No need to panic about bond liquidity
Follows FCA evidence of 'moderate' decline in liquidity
FCA opens discussion on further 'regulatory intervention' for open-ended funds investing in illiquid assets
Follows last year's property fund suspensions
Financial Stability Board unveils raft of proposals to tackle fund liquidity concerns
Publishes 14 recommendations
Quick-fire interview with AXA IM's Porter: How transition to 'inflationary mindset' could impact bond liquidity
AXA IM's global head of fixed income John Porter talks to editor Katrina Lloyd about the significant pockets of volatility which could open up as investors move away from a deflationary mindset, and why overinvested assets could suffer the greatest liquidity...
KPMG: 'Progress to be made' in investment firms' management of risk
Not meeting regulator's expectations
Tottenham Hotspur football club to trade on UK online platform
Move follows previous transparency and liquidity issues
Cazenove's Jeffrey: Stress-testing central bankers
For the first time in many years, central banks' mettle is about to be tested. This will happen most obviously in the US and UK but also in the eurozone.
Property suspensions spark fresh scrutiny of open-ended fund structures
Do they have the right tools to protect investors?
G20 to tackle 'structural vulnerabilities' of asset managers
Risks to financial stability
Manulife hires ex-Ignis CIO Fellingham as alternatives head
Newly created role
Moody's: Brexit would be 'non-event' for money market funds
UCITS passport 'critical' for EU distribution
Why multi-asset managers are turning to 'liquid alternative' strategies
Multi-asset managers reveal how they are turning to 'hedge fund-like' liquid alternative strategies in 2016, in a bid to protect portfolios and generate returns across the market cycle. Hardeep Tawakley reports
European Commission launches cross-border fund sales consultation
Also reviewing corporate bond liquidity
TwentyFour AM: Why the FCA's liquidity paper does not tell 'the real story'
Last month's paper on corporate bonds
AXA IM builds liquid absolute return strategies team
Was head of structured finance
Bond managers: FCA paper liquidity claims 'not in line' with market experience
'Liquidity improved' claims at odds with managers
FCA paper dismisses bond liquidity concerns as 'anecdotal'
Findings come from occasional paper