Instinet, LLC today announced the appointment of Christopher Eberle as Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Software sector, as part of its continuing strategy to grow its U.S. Equity Research offering.

African elections are back in the headlines, apparently for all the wrong reasons. But according to Aberdeen Asset Management Senior Investment Manager Kevin Daly, the reality is better than some would have you believe.

According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with rates vol remaining at low levels, and rates uncertainty contained, investors reached for yield. Credit spreads will keep squeezing tighter, as long as these inflows continue.

Risk assets were once again on the rise in July and several asset classes broke records. Last week, the S&P 500 reached an all-time high, while the spot VIX index reached an all-time low. The MSCI World (net total return local currency index) is up for the ninth month in a row, which was unseen since 1987.

In the US, the UK, Sweden and Canada, central bankers have taken on board an economic situation that is coming close to full employment, with a risk of overheating not of inflation, but rather of private debt and asset prices (real estate, equities).