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Hasenstab on global growth: headwinds or tailwinds?

04 March 2015 | General

While some forecasters predict gloomy global growth this year, the contrarian-minded Dr. Michael Hasenstab, chief investment officer, Templeton Global Macro (formerly known as Templeton Global Bond Group), has a different view. He aims to counter what he sees as “excessive pessimism” surrounding the global economy and outlines why he believes the recent plunge in oil prices could prove a tailwind, not only for economic growth in the United States, but also in Europe. He also offers his scorecard regarding Japan’s monetary policy experiment dubbed “Abenomics.”

The long wait is over

04 March 2015 | General

For British investors, the 16-year drought is over. The FTSE 100 Index finally closed above its previous record of 6 950 index points, set in 1999, last week. Optimism that the Greece crisis has been resolved for now, and a better performance from resource heavyweights helped propel the FTSE last week. This provides an opportunity to remind ourselves of a number of important investment principles:

New Tax-Free Class of Unit Trusts

03 March 2015 | Unit trusts

Prudential Investment Managers is pleased to report that we have launched our new tax-free class of unit trusts that are available with effect from 2 March 2015.