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Markets
State Street targets roll-out of daily inflation indices
In partnership with PriceStats, the firm has launched indices based on millions of online daily prices from retailers globally. These could be used as tradable products in the ...
By Leigh Powell | 21 June 2011
Markets
BarCap unveils real return fund amid inflation fears
The US dollar fund invests up to 70% in sovereign and inflation-linked bonds and 30% in commodities and cash. It is built to provide returns in inflationary and deflationary ...
By Leigh Powell | 10 June 2011
Markets
QE3 would worsen Asian inflation, hurt equities, says BoA Merrill
Further Fed quantitative easing would force Asian central banks to tighten, although China should be able to keep a lid on inflation, agree panellists at the bank's global ...
By Yvonne Chan | 18 May 2011
Alternatives
Institutional managers cite rising inflation risk
Two-thirds of managers expect oil prices and market volatility to rise over the next six months, with 26% increasing their portfolio exposure to commodities in the first quarter.
By Leigh Powell | 20 April 2011
Asset Owners
Asian investors favour equities as inflation hedge: BarCap survey
Gold is the second most popular inflation hedge, while few retail investors in Asia make much use of inflation-linked bonds, say wealth managers polled by Barclays Capital.
By Joe Marsh | 11 April 2011
Markets
Aberdeen AM defends value proposition of Asian bonds
The firm’s senior PM for Asian fixed income, Adam McCabe, argues that monetary policy tightening to combat inflation in Asia will be more modest than the market is expecting.
By Leigh Powell | 14 January 2011
Markets
Veteran warns of coming US equity market slump
Professor Robert Haugen notes how the US monetary base has almost tripled in a matter of months. He recommends low-volatility investing in an environment of rising inflation.
By Leigh Powell | 24 November 2010
Outlooks
To invest in emerging markets, go beyond indices
Global investors must learn to accept volatility and market ‘roadblocks’ if they are to capture the potential of emerging markets, says BNPP executive Vincent ...
By Jame DiBiasio | 18 November 2010
Markets
India at risk of stagflation, warns Lombard Street
The research firm's economists argue that Indian growth is slumping while inflation is headed for double digits.
By Jame DiBiasio | 3 June 2010
Outlooks
Asian stock prices fair to slightly undervalued, says Batterymarch
Asia ex-Japan stocks are currently valued at 13x forward earnings, with an expected growth rate of close to 20%, says Ray Prasad at Batterymarch.
By Joseph Marsh | 17 February 2010
Distribution
Update: Deutsche Bank markets Hong Kong ETFs for Japan
The firm has also listed four exchange-traded funds in Singapore, including the first in Asia to track US and European sovereign bonds and US inflation-linked bonds.
By Joseph Marsh | 11 February 2010
Commentary
Gold price may signal future inflation, says study
Changes in the gold price lag global money-supply growth by six months, meaning gold can be taken as an indicator of future inflation, according to the World Gold Council.
By Joseph Marsh | 8 February 2010
Markets
Optimism still high among Asian investors
But their expectation of a swift US recovery is waning, according to a survey by ING Investment Management.
By Joseph Marsh | 28 January 2010
Markets
US deflation would spark further stimulus, says Research Affiliates
And deflation would reduce the value of inflation-linked assets, making them an attractive play, says the firm's chairman, Robert Arnott. But he's more concerned about ...
By Joseph Marsh | 11 January 2010
Markets
Recession, volatility likely for 2010, says SG economist
Equities should outperform bonds in the long run, but right now they’re dangerously overpriced, warns Albert Edwards of Société Générale.
By Jame DiBiasio | 30 November 2009
Asset Owners
Emerging-market inflation attracts global interest, says Barclays
Asian institutions are increasingly looking at inflation-linked investments, says Ralph Segreti, global head of inflation-linked products at Barclays Capital.
By Joseph Marsh | 3 November 2009
Commentary
‘China’s unofficial empire’, as perceived by Niall Ferguson
Economic globalisation is vulnerable to the tectonic plates of empire, says historian Niall Ferguson at the CLSA conference in Hong Kong.
By Simon Osborne | 22 September 2009
Asset Owners
Hospital Authority ponders inflation risk
A roundtable discussion on risk management reveals market participants have increased the time devoted to ensuring risk is factored into return expectations.
By Jame DiBiasio | 26 August 2009
Markets
Inflation not a big threat to Asian shares
Head of investment strategy at AMP Capital Investors, Shane Oliver, says although managing inflation and interest rates is a challenge, they won’t have a great long-term impact ...
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 23 June 2008
Markets
Inflation won’t derail equity markets, says Citi
Robert Buckland, chief global equity strategist at Citi Investment Research, says inflation isn’t a serious threat and suggests taking advantage of investment themes related to ...
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 13 June 2008
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US dollar
  28%
 
Japanese yen
  3%
 
Aussie dollar
  11%
 
Singapore dollar
  19%
 
Chinese renminbi
  24%
 
None of the above; gold
  15%
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