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The eurozone needs to address its lingering debt crisis before it loses the trust of international investors.
Tarun Ramadorai, professor of finance economics at the Saïd Business School, argues that currencies are increasingly seen as a standalone asset class for investors to consider as they build their portfolios.
Selections from CFA Institute Conference Proceedings for investment professionals ready to challenge their investment processes, practices, and mindsets.
How do investors navigate a climate in which currencies are potentially unstable and the Fed and central banks stand accused of becoming printing presses?
Axel Merk of Merk Investments warns that fiscal policies followed by the Bank of Japan will lead to the Yen becoming "worthless."
“The Americans or the Chinese?” asks risk expert and chairman at Intelligence Capital Limited, Avinash Persaud, at the CFA Institute Middle East investment Conference.
That the world is grossly overindebted is perhaps an obvious point. But by how much — and why — are less clear. Today total global debt stands at approximately $150 trillion, or 194% of global gross domestic product. And… READ MORE ›
Stan Beckers, managing director of BlackRock Solutions, EMEA, will draw on his extensive equity management experience for his presentation, “The Evolution of Risk Management.” Mr. Beckers will discuss the roles that absolute and relative risk should play in portfolio… READ MORE ›