Threadneedle: Global equities pay their way in the new world order

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Investors’ appetite for income shows no sign of abating in 2013, but with interest rates and bond yields at historically low levels, their eyes are increasingly turning to global equities

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Scramble for yield favours high income global equities

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If investor sentiment in 2012 was characterised by a flight to the safe haven of cash and bonds, 2013 is likely present new and different challenges, as interest rates remain

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Threadneedle confirms date of CEO succession

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Leading international investment manager Threadneedle Investments has confirmed that, effective 1 March 2013, Campbell Fleming will become Chief Executive Officer and Crispin Henderson will become Vice Chairman of Global Asset

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Threadneedle asset allocation update

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Mark Burgess, Chief Investment Officer at Threadneedle Investments, comments on the markets and why Threadneedle retains an overweight position to risk assets. “Looking back on 2012, it would be fair

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Asian fixed income thoughts for 2013

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Keep calm and carry on – a wise statement to inspire during war times, and for post-crisis investment in the financial markets.  Keep calm when market turbulence sets in again;

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Threadneedle Investments announces CEO succession

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Leading international investment manager Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle) has announceed that Chief Executive Officer Crispin Henderson will become Vice Chairman of Global Asset Management for Ameriprise Financial, the parent company of

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Outcome of the US election and US equities

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President Obama has emerged victorious from one of the most polarised presidential campaigns of recent years. But despite the electoral rhetoric, Obama knows that his scope for manoeuvre in the

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Threadneedle appoints Senior Manager, Emerging Market Debt

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Threadneedle today announces the appointment of senior fund manager John Peta, to lead the firm’s Emerging Market Debt team along with Henry Stipp.  Mr Peta joins Threadneedle from Boston-based Acadian

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Currency “wars” and the potential impacts of developed market QE

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Investors should expect greater volatility in foreign exchange markets as the ‘beggar thy neighbour’ approach of quantitative easing across the developed world triggers economic, political and social consequences for developing

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Investors returning to high quality secured credit

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The reputation of secured credit investments was badly tarnished by the global financial crisis, and with some justification.  Not surprisingly therefore, many investors are asking: is there good reason to

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