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This blog discusses the benefits of implementing and staying true to investing passively in emerging market equity. Both empirical evidence and key factors such as fee disparities, holding periods, and fund manager skill level are compared for emerging market equity strategies that use an active approach and passive fixed-income approach. The blog ends by stating ebi’s position on emerging market equity and their beliefs.

Don’t jump on the bondwagon

The recent economic environment has not been supportive for global equities and massive headwinds have come from growth concerns, inflation and volatility. The massive sell-off in equities is making investors ask the question – is now a bad time to buy shares, or are there opportunities to be had while others are fearful? This blog will look at the usefulness and efficiency of market timing.

Central Banks face a difficult predicament in trying to reduce inflationary pressures in their respective economies whilst also alleviating the probability that these economies do not face a prolonged period of negative GDP growth which could lead to a recession.

As the world is now embracing a low-carbon economy at a record pace, this blog examines how this could impact fossil fuel investments.

This blog overviews the tried and tested strategy of pound cost averaging. This strategy, combined with self-discipline and sticking to your investment plan can be beneficial for investing – even when markets are volatile.

While the situation between Russia and Ukraine remains extremely delicate and evolving at a daily rate, in this blog we give an overview of how the situation is impacting ebi portfolios and the economic impact on the market.

Over the past few months, headlines have been dominated by talks of inflation and stagflation.