At the top of the inflow rankings
were international equity and fixed income, which provides a clear indication that investors were seeking both potentially higher return equity markets (non-US equity) and shelter (fixed income and alternatives).
When 2017 drew to a close, five of the year's top 10 asset - gathering ETFs
were international equity funds.
This time, it's international equities that may be primed to get a fresh start.
But once again,
it was international equity ETFs that pulled in the money at the same time U.S. equity ETFs shed assets.
Retz Reeves
is the international equities portfolio manager at Islamorada Investment Management (IIM) and utilizes a value - based approach.
This time, it's international equities that may be primed to get a fresh start.
Among the fund's equity holdings, a little over 80 % are in U.S. equities and equivalents and the rest
are international equities and equivalents.
The surviving Northern Multi-Manager Funds (see «the dustbin of history,» below) have become «The Active M Funds!!!!» NMM Emerging Markets Equity (NMMEX) became Active M Emerging Markets Equity and NMM International Equity (NMIEX) is Active
M International Equity.
The only exceptions
are an international equity fund and the stock Berkshire Hathaway, which I have a soft spot for.
AADR
is an international equity strategy that employs Dorsey Wright's renowned systematically - driven approach of relative strength investing.
Before joining the Firm, Sharpe
was International Equities Portfolio Manager at the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, where he managed a $ 2 billion value portfolio.
Not exact matches
The much - anticipated
international listing of Saudi Aramco — the world's largest oil company —
is likely to
be delayed until 2019, but that decision makes sense given that oil prices
are expected to head to $ 80 per barrel, a private
equity investor said.
Some big brains believe Barnes
is right: Farmers Edge recently raised nearly $ 60 million in
equity investments to help support aggressive
international expansion, and the company has recruited former Monsanto, DuPont and Canadian Wheat Board executives into its fold.
• HarbourVest Partners, a Boston, Mass. - based private
equity investment firm, is seeking $ 2.5 billion for its fifth co-investment fund, according to Private Equity Internat
equity investment firm,
is seeking $ 2.5 billion for its fifth co-investment fund, according to Private
Equity Internat
Equity International.
• Apax Partners
is raising a technology - focused fund, according to Private
Equity International.
Pierson says Spectrum
Equity has deep experience with three areas that
are critical to its future success: subscription businesses, enterprise businesses, and
international expansion.
In a spirited auction, its assets and liabilities, which included a $ 20 - million debt to
International Paper,
were sold to the private
equity firm Gores Group.
While U.S. investors have traditionally
been heavily weighted toward domestic stocks, the flows into
international equity funds have
been very strong this year — until recently.
International equities will
be down by slightly more, and U.S. stocks will have to rally well to escape closing out 2011 in the red.
· Deal Trends: Average deal size
is up nearly 140 % since 2011, as lenders gravitate to the companies that have an appetite for loans: private
equity backed companies and larger private companies seeking growth through industry consolidation,
international expansion, or both.
PARIS, April 17 - French healthcare group Sanofi
is in exclusive talks to sell its Zentiva European generics drugs arm to private
equity firm Advent
International for 1.9 billion euros, the companies said on Tuesday.
• TELUS
International, which
is backed by Baring Private
Equity Asia, acquired Xavient Digital, a Simi Valley, Calif. - based provider of digital IT solutions and software services.
• Pacific
Equity Partners
is in «exclusive talks» to acquire Academic Colleges Group, a New Zealand - based provider of academic education services to
international students, according to Reuters.
It went from
being owned and run by a second - time entrepreneur to a limited partnership that brought U.S. retail experience to the table — private
equity funds Advent
International and Highland Capital Partners acquired a 48 % stake from Wilson in 2005 — and finally a public listing that has enabled the company to accelerate the pace of expansion.
Baidu
is also coordinating
international autonomous vehicle stakeholders with its Apollo platform, which includes a data sharing facility, an autonomous driving simulator, and an
equity investment fund.
Meanwhile, the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)
was the top
international equity fund of the week, with inflows of $ 1 billion, while the Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX) was the most popular fixed - income product, with inflows of $
international equity fund of the week, with inflows of $ 1 billion, while the Vanguard Total
International Bond ETF (BNDX) was the most popular fixed - income product, with inflows of $
International Bond ETF (BNDX)
was the most popular fixed - income product, with inflows of $ 571 million.
I plan: 5 % — swing for the fences 10 % — save for big blue chip bargain buys that pop up throughout the year 10 % — VNQ, other than our primary residence, I have no exposure to
RE, so this should help with that 15 % — VXUS,
international index exposure 60 % — VTI, total stock market index (as I get older, I will
be also adding BND or a bond fund, but at 32, I
'm working on building
equities!)
Another third should
be in
international stocks (mature foreign markets like Japan and Europe), with the remaining third of your
equity portion in emerging markets and what he calls global small caps.
Prior to joining Cerberus, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Ajouz
was an executive with Investcorp
International, a global private investment firm, focusing on private
equity investments in North America.
Knowing Vanguard I had expected it to
be pretty simple, but I
was surprised they recommended I only place my money into two Vanguard stock market index funds — the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (which tracks the US
equities market) and the Vanguard Total
International Stock Index Fund (which tracks the international equi
International Stock Index Fund (which tracks the
international equi
international equities market).
U.S. and developed
international equities are still the top places to
be, though emerging markets
are beginning to show strength, says Dorsey.
One interesting note from this exercise
is that for some reason, my
equity structures notes are classified as U.S. Bonds not U.S. Equity and only my equity ETFs and single stock positions are classified as International Stocks and U.S. S
equity structures notes
are classified as U.S. Bonds not U.S.
Equity and only my equity ETFs and single stock positions are classified as International Stocks and U.S. S
Equity and only my
equity ETFs and single stock positions are classified as International Stocks and U.S. S
equity ETFs and single stock positions
are classified as
International Stocks and U.S. Stocks.
More specifically, investors
are putting their money to work in markets outside the U.S. Of the $ 97.2 billion of net new assets raised in the first quarter, over $ 70 billion went into
equity funds with
international exposure.
The strength of the Canadian loonie, which recently hit three - year highs, and continues to climb, has
been a drag for many investors who bought into U.S. and
international equities during the past few years.
A member of the Corporate Commercial,
International and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups, he has
been involved in a broad range of transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, corporate reorganizations, private
equity and venture capital financings, technology transfers and joint ventures.
This may sounds incredibly risky given my 5 year time horizon to retire at the age of 35 then you would
be right — but she recommended that I diversify my
equity exposure to include more
international stocks (which I
am doing more research on) and pull back on my bonds.
This recommendation surprised me, but based on my risk tolerance Vanguard recommended I
be 100 % invested in
equities at my current age and put more money into
international stocks.
Once the CAD starts trading higher I will
be focussed on the
international equities on my foundation watchlist.
So when the dollar
is weak you can expect
international stocks to outperform U.S.
equities.
It
's often used, prosaic advice, but at a time when investors
are flocking to ex-U.S.
equity ETFs, knowing what
's inside
international multi-factor fare
is important.
For Emerging Markets, the classification depends on two criteria: (1) whether the
equity market meets minimum size and liquidity requirements and (2) whether it exhibits accessibility levels for
international investors that
are sufficient in the context of Emerging Markets.
One of the more notable themes in the world of exchange - traded funds last year
was investors affinity for
international equity funds.
And my allocation
is 20 %
international equity, 35 % domestic
equity, 45 % fixed income (a quarter of which
is foreign fixed income).
Strong
international influences
are also evident in the behaviour of fixed interest and
equity markets.
«There
is strong
international interest — US - centric — in Australian - based hedge
equity managers, particularly market neutral,» Mr Horton said.
Prior to this role Stuart
was a Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Quantitative
Equity Team where his responsibilities included management of the global and
international small cap strategies, coordination with the European team across all group strategies as well as research within the team.
She
is responsible for the management of various
equity index funds, with domestic and
international strategies.
For the following F - series funds, these dates
were: Corporate Advantage Fund (September 11, 2015), High Yield Bond Fund (hedged and unhedged)(September 11, 2015), Canadian Dividend Fund (September 11, 2015), US
Equity Fund (May 25, 2016), US Dividend Fund (September 26, 2016), US Small / Mid-Cap
Equity Fund (October 31, 2016),
International Equity Plus Fund (May 25, 2016), Income Advantage Fund (September 11, 2015), and Balanced Fund (August 25, 2015).
Mr. Brooke helped define private
equity as an asset class throughout his career, and
was one of the key individuals responsible for building interest in private
equity on an
international scale, particularly in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Equally important, major regional and
international private
equity firms, venture capitalists and global tech players like Google, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo, LinkedIn and PayPal
are making significant investments, despite the uncertainty in the region.