Daily FNArena News - International

As the prosperity gap widens between rich and poor nations, answers are sought over how US households continue to hold almost half of the world’s total private financial assets

The fact superfunds and other large asset managers are now scrambling to obtain ownership of listed, long-duration infrastructure assets does not prevent that society post-covid might remain different from pre-covid, with consequences for some of these assets

Research by The Leuthold Group suggests better returns await those investors who combine cheaper asset prices (‘Value’) with a Quality assessment

Bob Desmond, Head of Claremont Global, explains why selling Quality companies for a short-term value ‘advantage’ is not by default the best strategy to follow

With rapid digitalisation a key characteristic of our post-pandemic world, traditional banks are expected to keep pace with global trends. The Asia Pacific banking sector, in particular, appears behind global peers when it comes to digitisation, and a strong shift is needed to retain market share

Janus Henderson’s Andy Acker explains why small and mid-cap biotechs have seriously underperformed, and why a strong recovery could be expected

As equity markets continue to rise, investment managers scan the world for opportunity with an eye on inflation and the commencement of tapering by the US Federal Reserve

While further trade decoupling between China and US/rest-of-world would hurt China the most, there’s no corporate or political appetite for the costs or disruption associated with severing trade with the world’s second largest economy

US equities offer easier access to mega caps and secular megatrends that have boosted investment returns over the decade past. Shareplicity’s Danielle Ecuyer argues it’s still not too late to hop on board

A handful of countries on the African continent have the potential to alleviate future shortages of minerals needed to drive green energy solutions, but investment, political, regulatory and infrastructure hurdles linger