Large investors significantly increase allocations to alternatives in hunt for yield Market volatility biggest risk to investment performance Most investors will shorten bond durations when rates rise

Two-thirds (67%) of U.S. and European insurance executives say their business is not well prepared for the industry's changing regulatory requirements, according to a study published today by Natixis Global Asset Management.

As yet, sterling appears not to have reacted to the looming referendum on the UK's continued membership of the European Union. Over the short to medium term, however, the currency should end up reacting negatively, so great is the fallout for the British economy. In particular, one would expect the volatility displayed by sterling to pick up at the start of 2016, bearing in mind that opinion polls are very tight...

Concerns about a weakened bank's senior unsecured debt potentially being bailed in should not taint investment views for banks in decent-to-good credit shape; for financially healthy banks resolution remains a very remote probability.

The Eurozone offers better valuations for high yield bonds than any other region in the world, according to new research by NN Investment Partners (NN IP). The research, conducted amongst NN IP's panel of institutional investment managers, showed 27% of respondents rated Eurozone valuations as strong or very strong while the US was cited by 22%, the UK and Japan by 18% each and Asia ex-Japan by 16%.