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       Posted on January 10th, 2013

Russell 2013 Annual Global Outlook

Russell Investments’ team of global investment strategists has released the firm’s 2013 Annual Global Outlook, highlighting core expectations for capital markets as well as a point of view on six central issues for the coming year. Russell’s forecast for 2013 predicts a modestly positive, albeit volatile investment environment, noting that investors are likely [...]


       Posted on January 8th, 2013

Private long-term investment in uncertain times

The economic and financial crisis in Europe is affecting the financing of long-term infrastructure investment. There are multiple clearly identifiable channels: reduced demand for long-term investment, a tightening prudential framework for lending, upward adjustment of risk perception, complex transition of the financial system, and increasing macroeconomic, sovereign and regulatory risk. Some of the [...]


       Posted on January 7th, 2013

Russell Investment Manager Outlook – December 2012

For 2013, a majority of professional money managers are optimistic for continued economic growth in the U.S. and expect that modest progress will be made on some of the issues that impacted markets in 2012, according to the latest U.S. Investment Manager Outlook (IMO), a quarterly survey conducted by global asset manager Russell [...]


       Posted on December 13th, 2012

Investing in growth: Europe’s next challenge

Behind Europe’s economic stagnation lies an unprecedented decline in private investment, which was the hardest-hit component of the region’s GDP between 2007 and 2011. This new McKinsey Global Institute report, “Investing in growth: Europe’s next challenge”, argues that stimulating a recovery in private investment, for both governments and business, needs to be part [...]


       Posted on December 13th, 2012

CFA Institute 2013 Global Market Sentiment Survey

Investment professionals worldwide are more optimistic than last year about global economic growth heading into the new year, according to the CFA Institute 2013 Global Market Sentiment Survey. A greater number of those surveyed (40%) believe the global economy will expand in 2013, a six point increase from last year’s poll. However, CFA [...]


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