Asset Management
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Articles
Opinion Euro Parity: Threshold or Boundary?
The euro is subject to enormous economic forces that could equally be very positive for the currency or the cause of an even greater fall.
Interview Tammie Tang and Simon Bond : “Investors in the fund are those interested in enabling positive social outcomes”
Interview with Tammie Tang, portfolio manager of the Threadneedle (Lux) European Social Bond and Simon Bond, director, responsible investment at Columbia Threadneedle Investments about the social bond market and their fund dedicated to this investment segment...
News CalPERS Announces Preliminary Net Investment Return of -6.1% for the 2021-22 Fiscal Year
Tumultuous global markets played a role in CalPERS' first loss since the global financial crisis of 2009, as the System today announced a preliminary -6.1% net return on investments for the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2022. Assets stood at $440 billion at the end of the fiscal year.
News Pension funds/institutional investors plan to reduce exposure to fixed income assets - pessimistic about future performance
Global bond markets have suffered significant losses in recent months, and with rising inflation and interest rates expected to increase, 43% of pension funds and other institutional investors expect performance to deteriorate further over the next 12 months – some 13% expect a significant decline.
Opinion Are recession concerns overdone?
Mark Nash and Huw Davies assess the prospects for global growth in an environment of heightened geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and interest rates and China's zero-Covid policy.