Turkey’s Macro Situation
Turkey: Simon Thorp turns to the charts to analyze the country’s current macro
How to Fix Active Management
Our CMO and Head of Client Group Matt Siegel gave a great speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference on “How to fix active managem
Emerging Market Equity Markets
This year, EM equity markets have stayed in a tight range, making this a tough period for outperformance. Peter Marber charts the broad equity index, MXEF & the Shanghai stock exchange Index, the SHCOMP, to track EM & Chinese stock market p
#NeedtoKnow with Peter Kraus Ep13: Why we are different
Are we just another asset management company? No – here’s why we are completely different. Transcript: Peter: Aperture is a brand new asset management company with a very different value proposition for its clients. We feel that we should only be paid more than our base return – which is equal to the average of
How a Strong U.S. Dollar Affects Emerging Markets
As the dollar stays stronger for longer, emerging market currencies are seeing the effects. Peter Marber analyzes YTD performa
China’s Inclusion into Key Global Bond Indices
How important is China’s inclusion into key global bond indices for the yuan? Today’s insights from our emerging markets analyst Rick Harrell. Transcript: Rick: This month is very important for China’s bond market, because it’s officially entering into the Bloomberg Global Aggregate index. This index inclusion is expected to trigger over $100B of inflows annually.
Oil Prices and High Yield Energy Spreads
Simon’s view on the correlation breakdown of oil prices & U.S. high yield energy spreads YTD. Transcript: Simon: Financial markets have rallied very strongly since the start of the year which begs the question – is there any value left in markets – particularly in credit. I received an interesting chart from a broker, which
#NeedtoKnow with Peter Kraus Ep12: The Importance of Saving
Saving for retirement is probably the most important financial goal. CEO Peter Kraus explains what you #NeedtoKnow about it. Transcript: Sarah: Peter, last week you shared an article on Facebook and you pointed out that many Americans are just not financially prepared for retirement. What do you think are the best ways to strengthen financial
What’s the Next Market Catalyst going to be?
Amid weeks of low market volatility, is there an upcoming catalyst which could prompt
