Mark Burgess

Replaces Jonathan Baines

Departs after nine years

Follows Mark Heslop departure

Inflationary pressures

Chairs first meeting this afternoon

Optimism ahead of EU exit

Quantitative easing (QE) has resulted in heavily indebted developed economies and has had varying degrees of success. The question now for QE is not about how much, but how much longer?

Mark Burgess, CIO EMEA and Global Head of Equities at Columbia Theadneedle Investments, considers the potential impact on markets of electing Le Pen, and the volatile consequences that this would have on French assets.

Pockets of value in the corporate bond market have opened up even as markets begin to adjust to the prospect of tighter monetary policy, according to Threadneedle CIO Mark Burgess.

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