Aberdeen Asset Management: Brexit, negative interest rates, and a rising U.S. dollar were, at the time of the panel discussion, the obvious risks, according to Market Watch. But the panelists — Mark Hulbert, editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest, Helen Thomas, managing director at Blonde Money; and Anne Richards, who at the time was chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management and is now the incoming chief executive at M&G Investments — also suggested that there are some not-so-obvious risks as well. And for investors seeking rewards today, the risks are many, according to a group of experts who participated in an Investing Insights panel discussion sponsored by Market Watch in London earlier this year. Risk-free rate, inflation and oil price shocks Before one can talk about the obvious and not-so-obvious risks investors face, however, Richards said it was worth making two observations: How to invest in volatile markets Low inflation, high volatility and an overvalued stock market pose risks for investors, but those challenges also bring opportunities, say the experts at a Market Watch panel discussion in London. We talk an awful lot about the things that scare us and they're not necessarily the riskiest things that are out there and as a first observation, she said. One, there a distinction to be made between fear and risk.
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