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.
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.
Bonds have traditionally been a reliable asset class in periods of market stress. In the current economic environment, bonds have been falling alongside equities and this blog takes a deep dive at why this is happening and do bonds still offer protection to your portfolio.
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.
EBI Portfolios is delighted to announce the appointment of Samuel Adams (CEO, Vert Asset Management) as a Non-Executive Director, joining the company’s board in September 2020. Sam has a wealth of experience as a senior manager in the financial services sector, and particular expertise in ESG investments and presenting ESG solutions to advisers and investors alike.“We’re very excited to have Sam join the team at EBI” Craig Burgess, CEO, EBI Portfolios, “Our views on passive, factor-based and ESG investing are aligned, and we look forward to bringing Sam’s experience in this space back to the UK market.”“ESG investing is becoming a larger and larger part of our proposition at EBI, and Sam will be joining the team to aid in increasing the ESG elements of our portfolios, as well as liaising with our network of advisers; sharing best practice and advise on how to present an ESG solution to investors.”Previously, Sam started Dimensional’s Financial Advisor business in the UK & Eur…
