Factor investing is maturing but the mechanics still confuse some investors. Willem van Dommelen, head of factor investing at NN Investment Partners, tells Incisive Works about the Multi Asset Factor Opportunities (MAFO) fund.
Stan Verhoeven, lead portfolio manager in NN Investment Partners' factor investing team, tells Incisive Works how "building block" approaches to diversification can help.
As we enter Q2, we see particular value in the hard currency and frontier market spaces within emerging market debt (EMD).
Trade truce stalling tactic not peace pact
Seeking assets with social and environmental impact
After very strong returns in 2016 and 2017, emerging market debt (EMD) has underperformed this year amid intensifying concerns around trade protectionism, bear-flattening of the US Treasury yield curve, a strengthening US dollar and idiosyncratic issues...
Firm positioning for decade ahead
There were several credit rating changes in February that were significant for emerging markets (EM).