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Partner Insight: Amid today's low yield environment, stretched asset class valuations, and rising geopolitical and monetary policy risks, it is important that the method of how and when to shift the focus towards downside protection is consistent, practical...

The United Nations has targets to halve the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. This is not only the right thing to do but is also profitable for those companies that can develop the technologies that will deliver this target....

We have written an extensive paper on the key advantages that active gilt managers hold over passive investors, which is available upon request from our sales department. This brief serves as an overview of the main points from the paper

PARTNER INSIGHT: Antoine Lesne, Head of SPDR ETF Strategy & Research at SSGA, reveals why the size and heritage of group's SPDR ETF range is helping it move ahead of its peers and how its fixed income offering can help investors navigate today's low yield...

Since its accession to the WTO in December 2001 China has accounted for an increasing share of the global economy. Helped by fast export and investment growth it remains an engine of trade and is expected to generate some 35% of global growth over the...

PARTNER INSIGHT: Stephen Yeats, Managing Director, APAC & EMEA Fixed Income Beta Solutions, explores the rise of fixed income ETFs and why the group is applying a more targeted and hands-on approach to security selection in order to deliver investors'...

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Xi Jinping seems to have strengthened his grip on power after the most recent Communist Party Congress. This should give him a better chance of pushing through his vision of Party-controlled reform.